FISCHER v. KUIPER

No. 26148.

529 P.2d 641 (1974)

Albert P. FISCHER and E. B. Shawver, Protestants and Appellees, v. Clarence J. KUIPER, State Engineer, and Wesley E. Signs, Division Engineer, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

December 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert P. Fischer, Fort Collins, for protestants and appellees.

John P. Moore, Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Deputy Atty. Gen., James D. Geissinger, Ben L. Wright, Jr., Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendants and appellants.


GROVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from orders of the district court which granted changes in the tabulation of priorities for the use of water. We reverse.

Former water districts 46 and 47 embrace the North Platte River and its tributaries in Jackson County. In 1892, 1902 and 1908, decrees were entered by the district court adjudicating priorities in each of these former water districts. The 1902 decrees renumbered the priorities embraced within those proceedings...

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