Larrick v. North Kiowa Bijou Management District

These two cases raise similar legal questions and so have been consolidated for review. The appellant in Supreme Court No. 25351 is William F. Larrick and the appellants in Supreme Court No. 25606 are William F. Larrick and Louise G. Larrick. For purposes of this opinion, we will refer to them generally as the appellants.

In 1965 the General Assembly adopted the “Colorado Ground Water Management Act” (herein called the Act), *3991965 Perm. Supp., C.R.S. 1963, 148-18-1 et seq. It was designed to permit the full economic development of designated ground water resources. Designated ground water…