PETERSON v. REED

No. 19584.

369 P.2d 981 (1962)

Orval S. PETERSON, Stanley Bailey, and Irma Bailey, Plaintiffs in Error, v. James A. REED, Orin W. Reed, Birl Reed, Edna Faucett, Velma Reynolds, Leola Martin, Clad Reed, Etta Pursley, Elwyn Reynolds, Bruce Reynolds, H. Louise Shawcroft, et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. In Department.

March 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Blickhahn, Alamosa, for plaintiffs in error.

Moses & DeSouchet, Alamosa, for defendant in error James A. Reed.

Leonard M. Haynie, Alamosa, for defendants in error Orin W. Reed, Birl Reed, Edna Faucett, Velma Reynolds, Leola Martin, Clad Reed, Etta Pursley, Elwyn Reynolds, and Bruce Reynolds.

Jesse E. Pound, Alamosa, for defendants in error H. Louise Shawcroft and others.


SUTTON, Justice.

This case concerns a supplemental adjudication of water priorities in Water District No. 21 of the State of Colorado. The plaintiffs in error will be referred to as the "Baileys" and "Peterson" respectively, and defendants in error as the "La Jara Creek claimants" or by their respective ditch claims.

On April 2, 1953, Stanley and Irma Bailey filed a petition in the district court of Conejos County claiming the right to divert ten cubic feet...

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