Booth v. Weiser Irrigation District

BAKES, Justice.

Appellant, Weiser Irrigation District (WID), appeals a district court decision holding that respondents Clayton and Cheryl Booth (Booth), and Robert and Donna Stout, Billy Jo and Carol Ann Youngblood, and Kenneth and Frances Youngblood (pro se respondents), are entitled to 250 inches of water each year pursuant to an 1890 contract between the parties’ predecessors in interest.

The dispute began in 1977 when drought conditions made water scarce in the Weiser River Watershed. At that time WID demanded that Booth, who had been receiving water from the district for 87 years, shut…