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Show punnison Water Case to Have Rehearing The state papers Wednesday gave the following water case account of of local Interest: "Rehearing of the case of the Gunnison Gun-nison Irrigation company against Charle9 P. Peterson, involving wateis of the Sanpltch river, Sanpete county, coun-ty, was granted by the supreme cpurt yenterday. The question involved is whether Peterson and his associates can be compelled to pay the irrlga tlon company a fee for storing oversow over-sow waters of the Sanpltch river on which they have filings. "The irrigation company holds filings fil-ings on the waters of the river, but pot on the overflow. The corporation corpora-tion has built a dam to hold the waters wa-ters of the river and of necessity is compelled to store up the overflow also. "The case was tried in the district court of Sanpete coupty and a decl-$lon decl-$lon given In favor pf the irrigation company. The defendants appe aled.' |