SANPETE COUNTY, ETC. v. PRICE RIVER, ETC.

No. 17712.

652 P.2d 1302 (1982)

SANPETE COUNTY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PRICE RIVER WATER USERS ASSOCIATION and Carbon Water Conservancy District, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Skeen of Skeen & Skeen, Salt Lake City, Stanley V. Litizzette, Helper, for defendants and appellants.

Arthur H. Nielsen, Clark R. Nielsen and Earl Jay Peck of Nielsen & Senior, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


HALL, Chief Justice:

Defendants appeal a declaratory judgment holding them bound by the terms of a 1943 tripartite contract among the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Bureau), defendant Carbon Water Conservancy District and Price River Water Conservancy District, predecessor to defendant Price River Water Users Association, and of a 1944 repayment contract between the former two parties.

In 1933, the Bureau prepared a water storage plan known as the Gooseberry...

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