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<br />Though no surface water from lTankins'
<br />farm enters the tile drain on Borland's Jar.d,
<br />a 6 inch tile drain on the west side and a 4
<br />:nch tile drain en the cast side of Hankins'
<br />j;"!:-H1, both carrying seep wata, join the 13
<br />ir:.:h drain tite. This seepage thus goes in-
<br />:0 .he 10 inch drain on Dorland's land, and
<br />~:ts done so for many years.
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<br />The[e was no unl1S11al difficulty with the
<br />HorL:1nd 10 inch drain tile from 1922 until
<br />;,f,.-lut 1957. Since then, ho\\"('\'('" water
<br />:,j,-S5Urc has causeu extensin: "Llow holes"
<br />::!;.1 frequent seepage from breR'r.:s in the
<br />''', Pbintifi cr.'ntc!lds trlat this h<ls been
<br />L<:' to the incrc8.scJ quantity 01 \\?ter \',-hich
<br />~C(:J.!~lC available allOt!t 1956 fro~n the
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<br />~or:herll Colo,ad(r \Vater Conscn-ar,cy
<br />:::strict thrv'.lgh the Cokr,-,do Big Thotrlfl-
<br />('~n project .ud from the f<:let t1nt al)out
<br />i9&J I-hnki!l~' predecessor put draim.gc tile
<br />:1 ahollt 300 fed of what h~'.d been open
<br />-:1:(1\ prior to th:\t til11c-therchy increasing
<br />\\~lter pn,S;;l1;-C in the cncloscd tile.
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<br />A water engineer, caned ?s an expert
<br />v::tncss, was of the opinion tk-tl the ills~al-
<br />~;,tiQn of a 15 inch tik in pl<lc~ of the 10
<br />ir.ch tile on the Borl;l!1,1 farm woul<2 s0h-c
<br />~h~ difficulty. The court co;,dl1d,:d frum
<br />\hc statements of coansel t1lat the- p1:tilltiff
<br />bel no objtction to slleh ir.staJ!~.tion.
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<br />The ((.urt found thJ.t thOllg-h the drain
<br />0'1 Illair.tiff's farm was aclC'l'latc \\"1:('.1 i!l~
<br />st?lk',_!, a<; of btcr years it h;Hl beeH ~tTl.)wer.!
<br />~o fall into disrepair and became O\'crlvu1ccl.
<br />,\\so, while there 11.n)' hayc 0(('1\ an ag;-I..c~
<br />c:l,:nt by Saucr's atlJ Satt1cy's p,;-c,-Jcccs'):)rs
<br />~) P.la1nt(t~n the tile acro~~ Lor:;~ll-J's p1:tcC,
<br />:: '.\"~~s ilJhcrent in the 1I:-;C by thL'SC \dl(,. were
<br />:'K)\"C phintiff's Ian!} to m;,;<1t.li:1 tli1.:: Gl;,in
<br />"15'.:..::1-.. a corlditi')!1 as to (":1;1'1;le it tu hlfil1
<br />:'~ !uncti(\!l, all witlHJl1t injll'-Y t(J Iwr 1.l,I'J.
<br />'.:rtnn, tb~\t tllcy h~,d the dl1ty to rq';:1..ir
<br />'~,~ (~''-1in ar,;J shollhllJC cllj'J~r;c,-~ iC(ll!l [tH-
<br />':":r usc of the clritin wile--s ,1l:,J Ull1il it j-)
<br />:~'J:)t'r1)' rt"p;:~il(.d or cuuld be opU;:d(',~
<br />':t:l(Jt:t inj\I;-) to p1:...illt:ff,
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<br />The c()t1rt f\lrt1-1cr fO'_lfj.J th,lt t1:"_'le welC
<br />.':triLt:~iI!g f:lctors to the hilure of the
<br />~~1 P_2d. M
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<br />pbi:itift's drain. Among these ",.-ere \"ar-
<br />lOllS un(1;.::rg-rClul1d drains and tiles that had
<br />been installed in rccent years by Hankins
<br />alhl other JcfcJI(lants, which fesulted in a
<br />flow of ,yater in quantities greater in
<br />volume and more concentrated in timc.
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<br />The court held the defendants' contention
<br />that by long adverse use they had acquired
<br />the right to continue their acts to be with-
<br />out ml.::rit. It baseJ this on lack of suffi-
<br />cient or ~J.tis factory evide;lCC that the ac-
<br />tions of tile various defendants were
<br />brought to the attention of, or wcre such
<br />acts th;tt \~t:re or could be known to, the
<br />plaintiff, tl1U5 there wa" no Oi,cn and no-
<br />tor;ous us-c. Further, the COLIft hc-1d that
<br />in 1957 tl:c-[C began an increased use of
<br />wa.t.::r in the area thrl1u;::h thc Coloritdo
<br />Big Thompson project 50 thi1t the pbintiff's
<br />dl'ai:1. [10\\0' ~nd in reCent years has become
<br />50 o\'cr1oaded th:lt it is incapaLle of carf)'-
<br />iTlg the '\-~lter 5(lt:ght to be discharged into
<br />it, awl tl1<~t e"eh defendant had incrcJsed
<br />tile fIo\\' of water int0 the drain.
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<br />:\s a n~slllt of these finding:> the cOllrt
<br />enjoineu Saller J.nJ Salllcy from disch"rg-
<br />ing any \\"~tcr into the pl.:-tintiff's drain
<br />lltltil it was fep;1irc-d or feplaceu by thl'lTi
<br />so as to rcnder it cap:,-ule of carrying
<br />w:;_tcr with'Jul injury to p1alntiff's land.
<br />It a1<;o Clrdertd the other ddendant.:;, in-
<br />ctm1illg JL\l\kin<:, to remo\'e awl plug a1l
<br />dr;'.ins up.:m tl\\.:.ir rC5Iv.:'ct!\'e properties,
<br />,vl1ich drains now c')lltribute t(l the uarn<,.ge
<br />cornI,laillC.-l of.
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<br />The court [Jro\-i<1cd th:<t any cleknJant
<br />would be relieved irom tIle injunctio:i uy
<br />ag;-I"ccing \\ ith c;c :cwlants 5;\ucr and Sautey
<br />a',<I !lIe l,bicltifi to p;ty his pro rata 5h;tre
<br />of thC' C(,~~S oi n_'j,~li;- 0r rcp1"1c(,!l1cnt awl
<br />TlL'til1t'':'n.!:lct: of the B(,rblIJ drain, amI
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<br />11[;011 the filil,g (.of S~ll':l. <en a;;rccmi:'llt, <t~-
<br />{!I'(,,'e,! I.)" the COlli t.
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<br />The c()mt p,'L'.ir:ul .il:rj~dictiotl to dc-
<br />t("rI1lil~e tll(, G.UC"ti'HL- of ('J:l3trl1ctio!l an.]
<br />cv;Jtri1JI_L~i'lliS ;1.<; l'('~\\"u-;j .5u-::h (k.fcndit!.h
<br />who Jllii"~'j~ (']cct tu pJ.rti..:ilt~!tc in sewn-:-
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