Professor Eric Freyfogle
Property Spring 2012
* Acre = 43,560 sq feet (10 sq chains)
* 4 rods = 1 chain = 66ft
* In Western states, a person must obtain a usage right separate from the ownership of the land
* To acquire a water right, one must:
1. Divert the water from the river
2. Apply it to a beneficial use
a. Policy: because water is scarce
b. Actual pattern of beneficial use is what you are limited to regardless of paper rights until then, you’re…
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