Legal Opinion
Del Norte Irrigation District v. Santa Maria Reservoir Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 21, 1941No. 14,703PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE Del Norte Irrigation District, plaintiff in error, owns the Continental reservoir. The Santa Maria Reservoir Company, defendant in error, owns the Santa Maria reservoir. Since this proceeding centers on the relative rights of the owners of these reservoirs in the water decreed thereto, we shall for convenience hereinafter refer to the plaintiff in error, as such, or as the Continental, and to defendant in error as the Santa Maria.
As completed in 1913, the Santa Maria, an off-channel reservoir, had a storage capacity of 43,565.06 acre feet of water. There has been no increase in its…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vogel v. Minnesota Canal & Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1910
- Faden v. HubbellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1933
- Trinchera Ranch Co. v. Trinchera Irrigation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928
- Colorado Milling & Elevator Co. v. Larimer & Weld Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1899
- Commonwealth Irrigation Co. v. Rio Grande Canal Water Users Ass'nSupreme Court of Colorado · 1935
3Cited by10 opinions
- Farmers Highline Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of GoldenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954
- Brighton Ditch Co. v. City of EnglewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1951
- Hallenbeck v. Granby Ditch and Reservoir CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
- Water Rights of Masters Investment Co. v. Irrigationists Ass'nSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Cline v. McDowellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1955
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