Chatfield East Well Co. V. Chatfield East Property Owners Association

By Colorado Supreme Court

Release : 1998-04-20

Genre : Law, Books, Professional & Technical

Kind : ebook

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This appeal is from an order of the District Court for Water Division 1 (water court) dismissing the application of the Chatfield East Well Company (Well Company) for a decree to extract and use 332 acre feet of ground water per year from the Arapahoe aquifer, one of the Denver Basin aquifers underlying the Chatfield East Subdivision (subdivision).*fn1 The Well Company claims the water based on deeds purporting to reserve the ownership of nontributary ground water underlying the subdivision when the Chatfield East Development Company (Development Company) conveyed lots to the homeowners. The Development Company subsequently quitclaimed any rights it had in the ground water to the Well Company. The water court dismissed the Well Company's application. We affirm.

Chatfield East Well Co. V. Chatfield East Property Owners Association

By Colorado Supreme Court

Release : 1998-04-20

Genre : Law, Books, Professional & Technical

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This appeal is from an order of the District Court for Water Division 1 (water court) dismissing the application of the Chatfield East Well Company (Well Company) for a decree to extract and use 332 acre feet of ground water per year from the Arapahoe aquifer, one of the Denver Basin aquifers underlying the Chatfield East Subdivision (subdivision).*fn1 The Well Company claims the water based on deeds purporting to reserve the ownership of nontributary ground water underlying the subdivision when the Chatfield East Development Company (Development Company) conveyed lots to the homeowners. The Development Company subsequently quitclaimed any rights it had in the ground water to the Well Company. The water court dismissed the Well Company's application. We affirm.

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