JOHN MEIER & SON v. HORSE CREEK CONSERV. DIST.

No. 5124.

603 P.2d 1283 (1979)

JOHN MEIER & SON, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. HORSE CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF GOSHEN COUNTY, Wyoming; State Board of Control of the State of Wyoming; and George L. Christopulos, State Engineer, Appellees (Respondents below). JOHN MEIER & SON, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellant (Petitioner below), v. HORSE CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT OF GOSHEN COUNTY, Wyoming and State Board of Control of the State of Wyoming, Appellees (Respondents below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron Hirst (argued), and W. Douglas Hickey, of Hirst & Applegate, Cheyenne, for appellant Meier.

Dan J. Pauli, of Sigler & Pauli, Torrington, and Stanley K. Hathaway, Cheyenne, for appellees Horse Creek Conservation Dist. of Goshen County.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., and Christan P. Mai, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State Board of Control; and George L. Christopulos, State Engineer, and Stanley K. Hathaway and Christan P. Mai, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Cheyenne, for appellees.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ., and GUTHRIE, J., retired.


GUTHRIE, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court.

Horse Creek Conservation District of Goshen County is the owner or holder of certain permits and certificates of appropriation for a total of fourteen wells in Goshen County. Certificates of appropriation have been issued for nine of these wells, and five of these wells are under permit with the rights not presently adjudicated. The District, in order to clarify the rights it held under these certificates of appropriation...

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