Twin Forks Ranch, Inc. v. Brooks

OPINION

FLORES, Judge.

{1} This is a dispute over the ownership of water rights appurtenant to a fifteen acre tract of land sold to Robert B. Brooks and his family (the Brooks) by Twin Forks Ranch, Inc. (Twin Forks). The trial court found and concluded that a mutual mistake occurred in the drafting of the real estate contracts and deeds arising out of the land sale, such that the writings did not properly convey six water taps into the community water system, nor properly reserve appurtenant water rights to Twin Forks. Accordingly, the trial court reformed the writings to include the conveyance…