Gans & Klein Investment Co. v. Sanford

This is an appeal from an order made after final judgment,— from an order giving directions to a water commissioner.

The situation is unusual, but one likely to arise in one aspect or another in periods of low water, especially when there have been two or more decrees affecting the waters of a stream. Whenever the rights of persons to use the waters of a stream have been determined by a decree or decrees of a court of competent jurisdiction, the judge of the court, upon proper application made, is empowered to appoint one or more water commissioners who shall have the authority to admeasure…