As between appropriators, the one first in time is first in right.

Source

  • Laws 1889, c. 68, § 7, p. 504;
  • R.S.1913, § 3371;
  • Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 1, § 3, p. 832;
  • C.S.1922, § 8408;
  • C.S.1929, § 46-503;
  • R.S.1943, § 46-203.