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Amending Predecessor's Mistake in Water Rights Claim Allowed
Author(s) -
Stiegler Mayo H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2003.tb10485.x
Subject(s) - mistake , law , state (computer science) , political science , law and economics , economics , mathematics , algorithm
The Court of Appeals of Washington has ruled that the error of a farm owner's predecessor that mistakenly claimed a water right that was less than what his full acreage had entitled him to under the state's water rights registration act was ministerial and that the water rights claim could therefore be amended.