Ackerman v. City of Walsenburg

Plaintiffs in error are two of fifty-four protestants in a proceeding in which the City of Walsenburg sought a decree with relation to its water rights purchased from neighboring land owners. The other protestants are not challenging the decree.

Ackerman is the owner of Stevens and Maria Reservoirs with storage rights senior to the storage rights of the City of Walsenburg but junior to the direct flow rights which Walsenburg purchased. The Huerfano Cucharas Irrigation Company owns the Cucharas Valley Reservoir with storage rights junior to Walsenburg. They will be referred to herein as…