Rencken v. Young

How courts have described this case

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• cancelling cer- tificate conferring right to use water from March to October because, for five consecutive years, certificate holder did not use water during those months; use of water during November months did not forestall forfeiture, because that was not the certificated use
• cancelling cer- tificate conferring right to use water from March to October because, for five consecutive years, certificate holder did not use water during those months; use of water during November months did not forestall forfeiture, because that was not the certificated use
• although Bausch court used the term “abandonment,” Rencken court clarified relevant statute as a forfeiture statute
• proponents of water right cancellation bore burden to prove requisite nonuse of water

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).