Dorr v. Hammond
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of El Paso County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, O. J.
This was an adjudication before a referee, under the act of 1881 (Bromwell’s Comp. pp. 580 to 590), of the priority of right, as between the owners of the Hammond slough ditch and the Bobbins ditch, to take water through their respective ditches from a certain slough on the north side of Cheyenne creek.
The appellant, J. M. Dorr, is the owner of the Bobbins ditch, and the appellee, J. H. Hammond, is the owner of the Hammond slough ditch.
Twelve witnesses were examined by the referee, and their testimony reduced to depositions and copied into the bill of exceptions.
The referee found…
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