Peterson v. Gering Irrigation District

This case arises out of a controversy concerning the delivery of irrigation water by the defendant Gering Irrigation District (hereinafter defendant) to the plaintiffs’ land. Three directors of the irrigation district were joined as additional parties to the suit.

The plaintiffs, Dolan and Arlene Peterson and Greg and Ann Peterson, own approximately 230 acres of land in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. The land is a rectangular tract which *276lies adjacent to and north of the defendant’s canal. The land slopes generally from the south to the north. The highest elevation on the plaintiffs’ land is…