TITLE 42

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE — WATER RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION

CHAPTER 1

APPROPRIATION OF WATER — GENERAL PROVISIONS

42-104.  Appropriation must be for beneficial purpose. The appropriation must be for some useful or beneficial purpose, and when the appropriator or his successor in interest ceases to use it for such purpose, the right ceases.

History:

[(42-104) R.S., sec. 3156; 1899, p. 380, sec. 3; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3243; C.S., sec. 5559; I.C.A., sec. 41-104.]