Peterson v. Durkee

A critical examination of the authoritative adjudications of the supreme court justifies the conclusion that the procedure for the establishment of ditch and water rights, is regulated and controlled by the irrigation statutes which provide a complete and satisfactory system for the ascertainment and settlement of conflicting claims. Louden Canal Co. v. Handy Ditch Co., 22 Colo. 102.

The right to the use of the waters of Leroux creek in Delta county, and the alleged priorities of some eleven ditches taking water therefrom, are the subject-matter of this litigation. The judgment appealed from…