Hidden Springs Trout Ranch, Inc. v. Hagerman Water Users, Inc.

BISTLINE, Justice.

Involved here are competing rights to the waters arising from springs located on land owned by plaintiff-appellant Hidden Springs Trout Ranch, Inc. (hereinafter “Hidden Springs”). Defendant-respondent Hagerman Water Users, Inc. (hereinafter “Hagerman”) has a decree to the water dating back to 1906, and owns and operates diversion works which conduct the water to the lands of its shareholders. Two distinct problems have arisen with regard to the use of this water: (1) Hagerman repaired its diversion works in 1976, causing a spring located on Hidden Springs’ land (known as…