Show STATE SEEKS ADDED RIVER SUIT FUNDS proposal that the texas production company of denver pay to the state of utah the lump sum of as settlement and discharge of its obligation in the litigation to determine the ownership of the bed of the colorado river instead 0 as suggested by the texas company was the decision of the state land board in a letter forwarded saturday by J T OI droyd executive secretary the settlement is based by the land board on costs that would have accrued had the company continued to prosecute the case filed in the united states district court of salt lake as originally contemplated and the possibility of the case being carried to a higher court by either the plaintiff or defendant which it is felt by the board would have cost between and the decision forwarded in the letter is in answer to a letter received by the board from the company july 28 in which the amount was proposed as final settlement of the case the state decided that 20 was a fair sum for discharge of the case and relief of the company from the burden of further action |