DeHerrera v. Manassa Land and Irrigation Company

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hall.

This is a proceeding for change in the point of diversion of decreed water.

In the trial court the defendant in error appeared as petitioner, and here we refer to it as such. Plaintiffs in error appeared at the time and place fixed for hearing of the petition and participated in the proceedings as protestants, and we refer to them as such.

Petitioner owns Priority No. 48, Water District No. 22, whereby it is authorized to divert from the Conejos River for irrigation purposes 73.6 cubic feet of water per second of time. The decreed point of diversion, known as Manassa…