Washington Irr. Co. v. Krutz
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Washington. This is a petition praying for the specific performance of a contract for a water right for 320 acres of land., The main suit in which it was presented was entitled “California Safe Deposit & Trust Company v. Yakima Investment Company,” for the foreclosure of a mortgage or trust deed securing the issue of about $700,000 in bonds.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Washington. This is a petition praying for the specific performance of a contract for a water right for 320 acres of land., The main suit in which it was presented was entitled “California Safe Deposit & Trust Company v. Yakima Investment Company,” for the foreclosure of a mortgage or trust deed securing the issue of about $700,000 in bonds. Receivers were appointed, decree and order of sale made, and the property mortgaged was sold to J. Dalzell Brown. The sale was confirmed, and Brown sold and…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
There are 12 errors assigned on this appeal, which embody, in various forms, the following propositions, viz.: That the services performed by Krutz for Schulze, for which he was to receive 160 acres of land, were rendered to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and not to the Yakima & Kittitas Irrigation Company, or its successor in interest; that Paul Schulze had no power to bind the irrigation company to convey to Krutz and wife, petitioners herein, a water right for 320 acres of land; that the receivers of the property of the Yakima Investment Company were without power to adopt or…
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