IN RE WATER RIGHTS IN IRR. DIV. NO. 1, IRR. DIST. NO. 1

Nos. 25351, 25606.

510 P.2d 323 (1973)

In the Matter of the Adjudication of Priorities of WATER RIGHTS IN IRRIGATION DIVISION NO. 1, IRRIGATION DISTRICT NO. 1, of the State of Colorado, for Irrigation and other Beneficial Uses. William F. LARRICK, Claimant-Appellant, v. NORTH KIOWA BIJOU MANAGEMENT DISTRICT et al., Objectors-Appellees. COLORADO GROUND WATER COMMISSION and Clarence W. Kuiper, State Engineer for the State of Colorado, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Louise G. LARRICK and William F. Larrick, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Ruyle, Steinmark & Shade, David J. Miller, Alvin L. Steinmark, Greeley, for claimant-appellant William F. Larrick and defendants-appellants William and Louise Larrick.

George A. Epperson, Donald F. McClary, Stanley I. Rosener, Fort Morgan, for objector-appellee North Kiowa Bijou Management Dist.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Ben L. Wright, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for objectors-appellees Colo. Ground Water Comm. and others.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Ben L. Wright, Jr., James D. Geissinger, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiffs-appellees.

George A. Epperson, Donald F. McClary, Stanley I. Rosener, Edward L. Zorn, Fort Morgan, amicus curiae for North Kiowa Bijou Management Dist.


GROVES, Justice.

These two cases raise similar legal questions and so have been consolidated for review. The appellant in Supreme Court No. 25351 is William F. Larrick and the appellants in Supreme Court No. 25606 are William F. Larrick and Louise G. Larrick. For purposes of this opinion, we will refer to them generally as the appellants.

In 1965 the General Assembly adopted the "Colorado Ground Water Management Act" (herein called the Act), 1965 Perm. Supp...

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