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<br />type of comlllon dr,\it\;tgc system. Any
<br />defclldant who ckct.:J to h.1\"e the court
<br />resoh'c the contron'rsy ,,-otl1cl be bound by
<br />the ultimate ddcrmination of the co:\rt.
<br />The court stakd that the hearing-s were to
<br />be in the fwturL' uj arbi/rcltion '<<'it/will
<br />ri.!Jht of offc.d thL'r.frol!l.
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<br />:\ volulltary stay of execution of the. in-
<br />junction has becn in efiect pending the
<br />dd,:-rmination ot this matter on writ of
<br />crrur. Although th('re holYC becn altempts
<br />to settle this di3putc hy agrcement among
<br />the p<trLies for reasons Unkllc,,':n, such
<br />a;~('rnpts have failcr.l.
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<br />Hankins 3(h'anced sc,.cral grounds for
<br />reversal; ho\\"c\'cr, we will !llenti:::m ollly
<br />those requiring comm('nt.
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<br />First, Hankins states the trial court ig-
<br />llored the principle of b.w that an upper
<br />owner has tnc right to dispusc of seepage
<br />\\.atcr on the land of a lower s~iL";::f\.icnt
<br />O',\"ller pro\.idcJ the drains disposing- of
<br />St:dl seepage \':?ter do not SC'llJ it dO\\-.n
<br />in a mannt'r or (ll1<tr"ctity to do more l1:l.rrll
<br />tlll'.11 IJdor(' the drains \H'f(, laid.
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<br />i The n1:),lifi('d cidl l..,w rule v.-hich
<br />has been adopted Lr Col()ra~lu n;." L('('n
<br />s~tmmarj7.cJ a:; follows: Katurid drainage
<br />conditions 1Hz-.r be altered L.y an \lpp~r
<br />proI,rictor pro\"idl?d the water is not Si:nt
<br />dO..\"tl in manllcr or qU:!lltity to do morc
<br />ha!"w tl1i\~1 f0nrl\~rly. City of Boulder v.
<br />Boulder and \\'hitc RfJCk Ditch and Rc~n-
<br />voir Co., 73 Co10. 426,216 p, 553,36 :\.L.R.
<br />1-1-~.S, S(:(' al~o City ;:n.J COUtlty of ])l'iH cr
<br />\-. ~tanley :\\"id:if)ll COf[>orati0n, 113 Colo.
<br />l~.?, :',:;2 1'.2d 2~H: ...\IllLrO<:10 v. l'crl-~Lck
<br />Cotdructiuli Co., loB Colo. 49, 3511'.2d 80,):
<br />llcbc\"tz v. ::\ew }~r,t1itnC'r E"ten"if)tl Ditch
<br />Co., 18 CoIf). 39(;, ?--tl 1', 1111.
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<br />The law l'n):ccrs the right of IT;luk!ns
<br />to have th.... natural drainage from his bad
<br />rlltl acr,)s" 1~l'r:2nd's land. Tile cuurt,
<br />h:t.. ing" se(n <thl hcZi.rJ the \\"itne5'iC's, f(i'_1l1;l,
<br />L.)\n.~vc-r, th;tt the comIJiHC'~l water fr':llll
<br />IL1::'-in-; ar.,l othG dct<':II\L1.nb \\-JS sC'ut
<br />dO\\:1 in a m:tl111(:r (In I q~ialltit.Y to do l1l,)l"c
<br />hatTll th.'lIl it !..Jlil'C-!1y hztd done or in
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<br />amounts in excess of natural anv.lullh :,
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<br />finding we will not disturb. The: C(~l:H
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<br />Pror:crl). ddcflnlned that p!aintit.f ..
<br />. \\-;1'; ('r;
<br />titled to rclid on this account.
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<br />Hatikins Ilc::-..t contends that the dr;tili<; ',"
<br />his bnd have bcc-n in existcllce and ('I'-~ ..
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<br />tion for a period much lOllgcr than :i.r
<br />pr{'scriptin~ period of eighteen ye'lr~ 1:1
<br />a manner to meet the requiremc1it of a:l
<br />easement by prescription. The trial Cf'1lrt,
<br />howcn-r, found to the contrary.
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<br />Ag,-,in th-:- law is th:>..t such a rigl.!
<br />Inay be acquired by prescription. Fcit \'.
<br />Zoller, -155 Colo. 6t, 392 P.2d 593; H.\~hcr.)
<br />,y. Lower Cle,tr Cree',...: Ditch COtllVtll~.. () ~
<br />Colo. 216, 165 p, 2-1-8: Yunker Y. ~idi"1,,
<br />1 Co1o. 5.51; 56 Am.Jur. 6-31.
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<br />Here the c\.idc!lee is that th.: 13
<br />inch drain on the Ib!lkins' laHd has bCI~f1
<br />an integral part of the draill:lg-c s}-~t(.llI
<br />of Sauer, S:llllcy and Ha!lkins, Cf(,~"illh
<br />thl.: Borland land at k,,5t sillce 1921. '[""
<br />urge, as is d"ile hl:[L', th<lt lIankil!s ;l.11.1
<br />his predCl.:'~~5ors in title used this dLlil:,
<br />which joill~ the BorhnJ drain, for thi~ Il)!:~:
<br />I!I:-rioJ of tim{; \', ithDut phiutifi's kH0\':ln!go:
<br />is not Oll~Y contr<lfY to the c\"iJct1::.-c Lut
<br />challcng-c-s our ('i"uhdity. Althollgh I f.lllt
<br />ins has a pn.:;-,cripli\.c right tu use tlw l:"t.
<br />laTh I drain tilc, \\.hich SltP:J!l~rnL'llb hi..
<br />right tu drain snrph:.:> w,tter::> ontu tilL. ];.)1"'
<br />land farm, with this rig-Ilt goes tbe du!.\
<br />to a,,<;,i:-t in t1.e m;lil;t(Il.1nCC anJ rq.:tir ,,!
<br />the P,orL\!ld dr.till so as lFJt tu daln:l!::,' till"
<br />Horland farm,
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<br />: ,Hankins flirtller cont"Ii,-Is th"t IlL'
<br />and hj~ predcccs'-'0f::O in title, in di...p,,:-,i::;.:
<br />of their St'C'}':l.gc w:dcr sin,!..' pri'/r l..
<br />1922 iHtd the Hnrl;,nrl drain, ha\"(: t1ri'n.l.y
<br />clltlml~ttc.cl .:l. cnr,[im:illb" trc;p:t.;3. It I_
<br />urged that such arh-(r~t- n:;c is sL:hjed to
<br />the six: yc;u sta~\1b; of Jin:.itatior,s \\!J;,'h
<br />LCV~li" frdm !l,e til'lC the trr>1'<1."5 \\'~t5 fir,:
<br />c()~lln"itt('(I alll! n'Jt rn_ll'l the time t11" fl'~1.
<br />extdtt of the iI/jury was ascc,tail1c:d. ~llil'
<br />rq,[,lic:'h1c 1J.\\r ill thi:5 r~~.lfll is tklt \h.'.
<br />rig}lt to suc f"r datnagc from 5CQI;-\((C 1->
<br />barred lJY the ~ix ) (.;!r ~tdltte of lim::.I.
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