JENSEN v. JONES

No. 20090742.

270 P.3d 425 (2011)

2011 UT 67

Jennifer Jean JENSEN, Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Marilyn Hamblin, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Kent JONES, Utah State Engineer, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley R. Cahoon , Troy L. Booher , Stewart Peay , M. Lane Molen , Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Mark L. Shurtleff , Att'y Gen., Norman K. Johnson , Julie I. Valdes , Asst. Att'ys Gen., for defendant.


AMENDED OPINION*

Chief Justice DURHAM, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 This appeal involves a challenge to the state engineer's authority to declare forfeiture of a water right as the basis for denying a change application. We hold that the state engineer lacks authority to declare a water right forfeited in reviewing a change application. We reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment...

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