41-6-308. Action in equity to determine rights of claimants; construction of act.
Where the ownership of any irrigation works is disputed, or jointly claimed by any person, partnership or corporation, and the several owners cannot agree upon the amount of interest owned by each, and one (1) or more claimants of such right desire the filing of the affidavit as hereinbefore mentioned, while the other or others do not desire to join therein, one (1) or more such claimants may bring an action in equity in the district court of any county wherein the land or parts of the land affected by such ditch or ditch right is located, and said court shall determine the right of the several claimants to such ditch or ditch right, and determine all the facts necessary in the affidavit hereinbefore prescribed, and such decree shall, after being filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the proper county as hereinbefore prescribed, have the same force and effect as the affidavit hereinbefore prescribed; provided, that the provisions of W.S. 41-6-303 through 41-6-308 shall not be construed to relate to water rights, or in any way to conflict with the laws governing the same.