Adams v. Nampa & Meridian Irr. Dist.

PORTER, Chief Justice.

Appellant now is and has been since 1905 the owner of the irrigation system known as the Ridenbaugh Canal System. It delivers water for irrigation purposes to lands lying in Ada and Canyon Counties. It is the successor in interest, through *523mesne conveyances, of the Central Canal and Land Company, a corporation, which formerly owned the Ridenbaugh Canal System.

In the year 1889 the Central Canal and Land Company, a corporation, and one Frank De Cloedt entered into an “Indenture and Agreement” whereby the corporation sold and conveyed to De Cloedt for the sum of $640, one…