Gila Valley Irr. Dist. v. United States

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of court sustaining the action of the Water Commissioner in the execution of its decree. The action was brought in 1925 and final decree rendered therein in 1935 in pursuance of a stipulation of the parties expressly agreeing to the terms of the decree which determines and regulates the rights of the water users on the Gila River in New Mexico and Arizona to the natural flow of the River and to the waters stored in the San Carlos Reservoir by the Coolidge Dam situated in the San Carlos Indian Reservation.

The decree provided for the…