Rights of prior appropriator of such waters

42-306. Rights of prior appropriator of such waters. No person shall be permitted to take or appropriate the waters of any subterranean supply which naturally discharge into any superficial stream, to the prejudice of any prior appropriator of the water of such superficial channel. History: L. 1891, ch. 133, art. 1, § 6; May 20; R.S. 1923, 42-306. Law Review and Bar Journal References: "A State Agency's Role in Protecting Groundwater Quality," Leland E. Rolfs, 35 K.L.R. 419, 427 (1987).