NORTH STERLING IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. KNIFTON

No. 17527.

286 P.2d 612 (1955)

The NORTH STERLING IRRIGATION DISTRICT, a corporation, Stafford Rogers, and Lee A. Adams, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John KNIFTON, Charles J. Knifton, and Shell Oil Company, a corporation, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Murray Robinson, Oklahoma City, Okl., Kreager and Sublett, Sterling, for plaintiffs in error.

Jesse M. Davis, Gordon Watts, Tulsa, Okl., Lennartz & Walrod, Sterling, for defendant in error Shell Oil Co.

Lennartz & Walrod, N. Boyd Ecker, Sterling, for defendants in error John Knifton and Charles J. Knifton.


ALTER, Chief Justice.

John Knifton, Charles J. Knifton and Shell Oil Company, a corporation, as plaintiffs, began an action under the provisions of our Uniform Declaratory Judgment Law, Rule 57, R.C.P.Colo., against The North Sterling Irrigation District, a corporation, hereinafter referred to as ditch company, Stafford Rogers and Lee A. Adams, as defendants, to have judicially determined plaintiffs' title and right of ownership in the land as well as the oil and...

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