Oregon Short Line Railroad v. Pioneer Irrigation District
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. An action to enjoin and restrain the defendant irrigation district ■ from collecting an annual tax levy made by said district. Judgment for plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. An action to enjoin and restrain the defendant irrigation district ■ from collecting an annual tax levy made by said district. Judgment for plaintiff. Being within the district, the question of whether or not ■the lands would be benefited by irrigation, and were capable of irrigation from a common source, and the same system of works, was submitted to the board of county commissioners under the law. That board had jurisdiction of that question, and its findings thereon are final as…
1Opinion of the CourtStewart, J.
The Pioneer Irrigation District is an irrigation district organized on the-day of July, 1901. The *586Oregon Short Line Eailroad Company, a corporation, owns right of way and depot grounds within the boundary lines of said district. In the year 1905 the right of way and station grounds of the railroad company were assessed for the purpose of maintaining said irrigation district. The company prosecutes this suit to obtain a restraining order restraining said district and1 its treasurer from collecting taxes upon the right of way and station grounds of said company. The cause was tried to the court…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Board of Directors of Modesto Irrigation District v. TregeaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- Pioneer Irrigation District v. BradleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1902
- Knowles v. New Sweden Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
- Best v. WohlfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
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- State ex rel. Lundberg v. Green River Irrigation DistrictUtah Supreme Court · 1911
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