Legal Opinion
Danielson v. Jones
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 15, 1985No. 82SA400PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Justice.
The state engineer and the division engineer 1 appeal a judgment entered by the water judge in water division no. 4, which granted the application of Ernest Jones for a determination of a water right to a well. The judgment awarded the Jones well an absolute right to divert tributary underground water at the rate of 27.5 gallons per minute for domestic, stock watering, irrigation, and fish culture purposes and also a storage right for fish culture. We reverse the judgment.
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On August 24, 1977, Jones filed with the state engineer an application for a permit to construct a well.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Fellhauer v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
- United States v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Green v. Chaffee Ditch CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
- State v. Southwestern Colorado Water Conservation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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