ELK-RIFLE WATER COMPANY v. TEMPLETON

No. 22917.

484 P.2d 1211 (1971)

ELK-RIFLE WATER COMPANY, a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. S. H. TEMPLETON, et al., Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Brannan, Williams, Erickson & Wallace, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Burns H. Errebo, Denver, Delaney & Balcomb, Robert Delaney, Glenwood Springs, for defendant in error Socony-Mobil Oil Corporation Inc.


DAY, Justice.

This matter involves a contest as to priority dates, concerning unadjudicated water in Main Elk Creek, Garfield County. Plaintiff in error, Elk-Rifle Water Company (Elk-Rifle herein) seeks to appropriate the water of Main Elk Creek for its Elk-Rifle Water Supply Project, while defendant in error, S. H. Templeton, for and on behalf of Socony Mobil Oil Company (Templeton or Mobil herein) desires to appropriate essentially the same water for the Main Elk...

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