Sebold v. Rieger

*210Rieger, who was the plaintiff below, and Sebold, who was the defendant, owned adjoining farms in Weld County, which drew their water for irrigation purposes from the same source, or main ditch. Rieger’s land was watered by a lateral ditch which crossed Sebold’s land, and could be watered in no other way. Defendant insisted upon the right to take water for a portion of his land from the lateral which had been Constructed across it by Rieger for the use of the latter’s land. This led to serious difficulty, and various lawsuits, some criminal in their nature. Finally plaintiff brought this…