Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-28 | Page 7 | Court Defines Limit in Water Rights Dispute

COURT DEFINES liMIT IN WATER RIGHTS DISPUTE j Grants Increase o of Flow t to 0 Claimant Who o Develops Source of Supply Priority In tho matter of water rights rig was g- g siren given en a new force by th the supreme court t yesterday in ill its Its decision n n lh the lie case of of Gearson 5 S. n 1 I I against G G. V. W. p ebel CI and son son G. G W W. I r Jr The Tho court held helel that a aI I person who further develops de a source of to which another person has I prior rights tights Is entitled only to the tho u additional l flow now his Improvements mt produce produce pro pro- duce duee and not to a percentage e o of the entire flow low The case Involved evolved water v flowing lowing from sprin springs s in Kings King's Meadow Kings King's J I Meadow eatlo canyon Se Sevier lor county h. h I j obtained the meadow b by squatters squatter's right In n HiO J. J ti tei he s ll the tro land ind landOn on which ho settled but tt at retained tho the I water rights w which h he utilized to in- in irrigate gate g another tract he acquired later latel In the tho lower court he lie watt wan given a percentage per per- of ot tho the entire flow of tho the stream The supreme court reversed re the decision decision decision de de- and ordered l the lower lowel court to th the amount mount of tho increased flow produced h by and to award him that amount only o- o o