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HAYSTACK RANCH v. FAZZIO

Nos. 99SA120, 99SA198.

997 P.2d 548 (2000)

HAYSTACK RANCH, LLC, Objector-Appellant, v. Frank A. FAZZIO, Applicant-Appellee, and Richard Stenzel, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1, Appellee pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e). Frank A. Fazzio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Haystack Ranch, LLC, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly I. Holder, P.C., Holly I. Holder, Priscilla S. Fulmer, Carrie L. Ciliberto, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Objector-Appellant.

Friedlob, Sanderson, Raskin, Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC, Richard H. Goldberg, William B. Tourtillott, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicant-Appellee.

Ken Salazar, Attorney General, Barbara McDonnell, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Alan J. Gilbert, Solicitor General, Steven O. Sims, First Assistant Attorney General, Felicity Hannay, Deputy Attorney General, Edward Kowalski, Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Appellee State and Division Engineers.

Friedlob, Sanderson, Raskin, Paulson & Tourtillott, LLC, Richard H. Goldberg, William B. Tourtillott, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Holly I. Holder, P.C., Holly I. Holder, Priscilla S. Fulmer, Carrie L. Ciliberto, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellee.

Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Haystack Ranch, LLC appeals a decree of abandonment of water rights. Frank A. Fazzio, who initiated this action for a decree of abandonment, appeals from an award of attorney fees and costs assessed against him after the voluntary dismissal of his tort claim.

The water court found that Fazzio established a presumption of abandonment by showing significant periods of unexcused nonuse by the previous owners...

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