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<br />This is an appeal from a decree of the Routt
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<br />two cond tional decrees for Public Service
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<br />t:war for direct flow rights for the Saddle Mountain '
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<br />Sta[ions in the amount of 65 c.f.s. and was given a
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<br />rity date of August 4, 1964. The second conditional
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<br />44,038.7 acre feet of storage water and had a priority
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<br />bf ugust 4, 1964.
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<br />no riP aled wat;r laly statutes,. C.R.S. 1963, lr8-9-l et se~~
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<br />On ~eb ary 16, 1972; the district court appointed a I
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<br />po ntme the court had held hea:cings on the matter, and "I
<br />th Jat r judge on April 3, 1972 entered a findlng of due',! I
<br />di i~en e as to both ,conditionally decreed clai.Ls. There-,'j"
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<br />fo May,8, 1972. Howev,er, the judge had previously in-
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<br />,th t :du 'licate testimony before the referee would not be '
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<br />re uire., No one appeared to contest the claim.
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<br />strict court which set aside prior conditiGnal
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<br />f water rights obtained by the appellan!t Public
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<br />On October 2, 1970, the district
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