Farmers Highline Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of Golden

Decided July 6, 1954. John R. Clark wrote the opinion for the court.

129 Colo. 575 · Cited 66 times

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• Baker v. City of Pueblo · 289 P. 603
• Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. Town of Lafayette · 24 P.2d 756
• Brighton Ditch Co. v. City of Englewood · 237 P.2d 116
• City of Colorado Springs v. Yust · 249 P.2d 151
• Faden v. Hubbell · 28 P.2d 247
• Enlarged Southside Irrigation Ditch Co. v. John's Flood Ditch Co. · 183 P.2d 552
• Trinchera Ranch Co. v. Trinchera Irrigation District · 266 P. 204
• Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Rocky Ford Canal, Reservoir, Land, Loan & Trust Co. · 246 P. 781
• City of Denver v. Colorado Land & Livestock Co. · 279 P. 46
• Del Norte Irrigation District v. Santa Maria Reservoir Co. · 113 P.2d 676
• Dry Creek No. 2 Ditch Co. v. Coal Ridge Ditch Co. · 129 P.2d 292
• Comstock v. Ramsay · 55 Colo. 244
• New Mercer Ditch Co. v. Armstrong · 21 Colo. 357
• Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Chew · 33 Colo. 392
• Vogel v. Minnesota Canal & Reservoir Co. · 47 Colo. 534

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• Colorado Water Conservation Board v. City of Central · 125 P.3d 424
• Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Fort Lyon Canal Co. · 720 P.2d 133
• City of Grand Junction v. Kannah Creek Water Users Ass'n · 557 P.2d 1173
• Mannon v. Farmers' High Line Canal & Reservoir Co. · 145 Colo. 379
• Mannon v. FARMERS'HIGH LINE CANAL AND RESERVOIR CO. · 360 P.2d 417
• Basin Electric Power Cooperative v. State Board of Control · 578 P.2d 557
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• City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co. · 926 P.2d 1
• Santa Fe Trail Ranches Property Owners Ass'n v. Simpson · 990 P.2d 46
• Farmers High Line Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of Golden · 975 P.2d 189
• Green v. Chaffee Ditch Company · 371 P.2d 775
• United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co. · 503 F. Supp. 877
• Williams v. Midway Ranches Property Owners Ass'n · 938 P.2d 515
• Okanogan Wilderness League, Inc. v. Town of Twisp · 133 Wash. 2d 769
• State Ex Rel. Danielson v. Vickroy · 627 P.2d 752

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