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<br />ti0ilS wit11 the cause of action accruing at
<br />the time the land is first visibly affcctt:d
<br />by the seepage. Rose v. The .Agricllltu,a!
<br />Ditch & RC.:icr\'uir Co:, iO Colo. 416, 202
<br />r. Ill. See al:,o Se\"en Lakes Rc~cn-oir
<br />Co. v. )'fajors., 69 Colo. 590, 196 P. 334.
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<br />The incr('ascd drainage conceril-
<br />ing which Borland complains here, how-
<br />e\"cr, W:lS first <tppar~llt during the irrig~'.t-
<br />i:1;' season or summer of 1957. The exact
<br />lir.1~ is Il0t shown. This action v."as filec.
<br />Frbl'l:uy 5, 1963. If there ""2.5 a tres-
<br />f';!.~S by Ibllki..-iS, less than six years have
<br />tf:trJspircd hO:l1 the time it bcg:1.!1 tm,il
<br />tlie time this sait 'W'"J.S commen;.;cu. AnL'..
<br />of course, the tresp:tss ,\"ou;d im"ol\'c o:~ly
<br />Jr,lin:'.gc in ex..:ess of the rights Wllic:.
<br />n.\n!~ins aheady }lad. Any right t'J f('lc;'_se
<br />I!i'Jre than prl,.vious CuslJ!uary d,ainC'.ge
<br />\\itl,out the c(HrcsPQnding responsibility tv
<br />m:;.intain a prora drain on the Borbli',~
<br />brill coul,} T;ot h:n'e becn aC(l\lircd Ly opcr...-
<br />t;(,n of the ~i'\: ye"r statute of limihtiol1:".
<br />In our vj(\\" the trial Cuurt pro[,cr1y ~i)
<br />r~d(fl!lin(d in Ln-or of I1orhm1.
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<br />IL~likins ,t1so urg-cs th.:l.t the decree' of til.::
<br />lri;,l COllrt gri'llts to the upp..:r O\I.'n..:rs.
<br />5al\(T awl S<luky, the right to 1l"1.' a 13
<br />it:ch tiic J.crv~s Ibnkills' farm which th~
<br />~~lmc c1c(.["cc has dire-deu Ibnkins <:l1l'1
<br />IJther:; to remove or plllg. It is cbin;cd
<br />tbt sHeh ad;'Jn \\,:11 rCo;;l1lt Hl floodil::;;
<br />ani.! S('Cpitl~ of illat porti')ll 01 both t1l~
<br />H:J.nkins and B')rhrH] laTlI._b \':11ich OCClll,ics
<br />the n~~l',lral drai!l:lge ,Lrt..:\. Thi:i re,mpbi!l!
<br />is w(.~l tah;ll and 011 rt..til:l11ll th(' tl";,.l
<br />(rJurt ::-l1<)ld":: Cc.nt"<.;cl it~ rlllil1g- ::In;~ jU..1gnLCr.t
<br />l~l tilis [eg:-'.rLl.
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<br />Finall.,:, TL:Ulkins C(,!:tcn~b tLlt ii t1<12 law
<br />is iLl :L':col'i:tltce with tl:c pcrtillC'llt r')r-
<br />t;r,1l 0i the U(([c(' vi tile t1'i'l1 C,jurt \dlich
<br />Cl'IjCli!15 hill} aud other o('fl"ndans fr(!l~l
<br />c.i~l'~nl;.:.i]~g allY walcr" iutlj th12 Borland
<br />d~;',:il, tll12 cii','ct will be "ithc[ to nn~('
<br />2.!l irl i~:,\ti,,1i. illl!J!Jssib:c, or at kast :t:1
<br />c.[ the t1"tEtl mdll(J~l<; of h~r::illR an(l irri-
<br />g:,,:i01: \\ hidl ha\T b'.'<.<l Cllll'~o}"'::J ~ill(,C the
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<br />cOn\mcnC~lTlent of farming activities in
<br />Colorado,
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<br />A<; ahove stated, HanKins is {'E-
<br />titled to) ha\"c the nCl.turat drainage from
<br />his land run acro5s the Borland lanel,
<br />provided it is not sent ill a manncr or quan-
<br />tity to do more harm than it formerly (li,-:.
<br />To require him to plug aU drains on hi:;
<br />bnd unks,; he complies with the prescribed
<br />judicial c()r1ditio!lS, which his counsel lW.\"e
<br />stated he is una'!Jle to meet, is unreaSOll-
<br />2t1\C. F"l instance, forcing an agr(:e~
<br />ment with Saller and Sacdry, or furcing
<br />Hankins to submit to au arbitration frum
<br />which there is no appeal, pr(;vo.::nts hi:n
<br />{rom exucising his acknmddgcd right
<br />to 113.\"C nati.!rat dr~,_itl~gc fr('r!l his land g',
<br />acruss the Borland lane1. Snch impo'Sed
<br />cc.nditiollS might also prcn:nt Sallcr and
<br />Sauky from disposing of their natnr2.:
<br />Gr'-Lin:~g'--' through Hankins' land (hCllC!;
<br />t;-;r(,ugh the Borlaml bllG--a drain~be
<br />~:"5tell1 which has been in 11"(' fN many
<br />:'-O;::3.r.::; prior to this dispute.
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<br />The tri;:,.l court has found thd the ,,..-:It(:[
<br />\'.-hich these def('nd~tnts h;l,H~ sent iuto the
<br />I~,)rlallcl (:rain is in greater qU:1ntity al'.(l
<br />ITH)rc r,~p:d in timc~a fif.lding fully jU5t:-
<br />::-.::d by t11C c\'ido.:.i\ce. Coder sllch circlll!t~
<br />S:drlCCS it is th,~ court's duty to dctcrrn;nc
<br />W!1,tt tho:: dulll:.n:'.~lt owners nl'.t~t do in
<br />o..-.Jcr to pr<.:vent their itlcrC;\"iCJ \Vast~'
<br />w:~t('f frum daloaging the scnict1t 0\\ ner.
<br />1 i-:e tl i;tl court properly rd;~ltlcJ juri.::-
<br />Cict:on f':I, these purpo~es, c-\"cn thou;h
<br />5:':I,( of tht e'Hl:!itions, as noled, arc 111\-
<br />t':(Jt-Jcr. Herc it is l1ppropri,de fur the tr:;,]
<br />C '-lrt tu ~;\"C the uomil1<tl1t O'.\"Ilcr;:,~SJ.ll(:),
<br />3::.-_t~c)', Ib1J1~;I':S, anu an)' other trial COllTt
<br />c.e;u,J<-~'lts tl'-.in:; t1\(' Il:tll~i:Ls ard bf)rLlI~d
<br />:::.:: drair's--511Ch tiltH' a:; the cuurt Iil:'-)
<br />C.~t..il.l n:as')r~~tl)lc in \\hich to n:ach ,HI
<br />;:;.;rtTI:l('l1t \\ l1.1\ the scn'icnt O'Aner.
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<br />If, after a rCil';:,I)Il:~blc time, an a;;rccmcnt
<br />}-,:t5 lif)t L((':l re,H::hcd, the tri;I_-t Cf,,:rt 5ho:11.-l
<br />'_,>1 ad,lit:(J:L:tl Ik"ri!1~~ to ddcrJ"inc what
<br />r ,..t ],(: (!0::C hy all the drIIILinc..n: O',':IItr')
<br />:.- \1.3)-" or l"fI,laCCillf'llt, rq)(t;r, and nuin-
<br />t.~:-';'.lIC{", to Vlt the scn iu-.t {Irain till'
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