State Engineer v. American National Insurance Co.

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• holding that the district court properly granted equitable relief notwithstanding right holder's failure to file timely proof of beneficial use
• stating that failure to file proof of beneficial use when rights holder made substantial use of water did not preclude equitable relief from rights cancellation
• stating that a statute requiring the State Engineer to cancel water permits when the permittee fails to file proof of an application of water to beneficial use “does not, however, affect the power of the district court to grant equitable relief to the permittee when warranted”

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