RIVERSIDE IRRIGATION DIST. v. LAMONT

No. 27456.

572 P.2d 151 (1977)

The RIVERSIDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James D. LAMONT, George Lamont and Agnes Lamont, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Epperson, Donald F. McClary, Edward L. Zorn, Douglas R. Vannoy, Fort Morgan, for plaintiff-appellant.

Alvin L. Steinmark, Greeley, for defendants-appellees.


HODGES, Justice.

The issue on this appeal is whether or not an irrigation district has the authority to exercise its right of eminent domain for the purpose of drilling groundwater wells. The trial court adjudged that the irrigation district had no such authority. We reverse.

The Lamonts own a ranch in Weld County, Colorado. Their title comes down from the original patentee who was issued a patent in 1915. The irrigation...

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