APPLICATION OF MERIT LAND & CATTLE COMPANY, INC.

No. 26311.

534 P.2d 618 (1975)

In the Matter of the Application for Water Rights of MERIT LAND & CATTLE COMPANY, INC., W-17, W-18, W-19, and W-20. In the Matter of the Application for Water Rights of Carolyn D. BAKER, W-22, Applicants-Appellants, v. SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT and Division Engineer of Water Division No. 2, Objectors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saunders, Snyder & Ross, P. C., Glenn G. Saunders, W. B. Tourtillott, Jr., Denver, for applicants-appellants.

James D. Geissinger, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Fairfield & Woods, Charles J. Beise, Denver, for objectors-appellees.


GROVES, Justice.

There is here involved the adjudication of five water wells under the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969 (Sections 37-92-101 et seq., C.R.S. 1973, here called the 1969 Act). The applicants proposed to use the water from the wells as follows:

"The water appropriated hereby is to be used for irrigation, domestic, industrial, recreation, fish and wildlife culture, stock water, and municipal uses both for direct use, for...

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