Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Boulder County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
Appellee, who was plaintiff below, claimed to be the owner of certain water by virtue of an appropriation thereof from the south fork of the St. Vrain creek. It appears that such water, after its diversion, is carried by means of a ditch to the James creek, and thence along the bed of the same to Left Hand creek, where it is again diverted by lateral ditches and used to irrigate lands adjacent to the last named stream. Appellants are the owners of lands lying on the margin and in the neighborhood of the St. Vrain below the mouth of said south foi’k thereof, and naturally irrigated therefrom.
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