Bartelme v. Merced Irr. Dist.

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The appellee is a public corporation, organized under the Irrigation District Law of California (St. 1897, p. 254, as amended and supplemented). It was engaged in an extensive irrigation project. For reservoir purposes it deemed it necessary to acquire title to the Horseshoe Bend ranch, the property of the appellants. The price demanded by the appellants was $150,000. The price offered by the appellee was $80,000. Am. understanding was reached, and on October 19,1923, the appellee submitted to the appellants a letter as expressing the terms thereof. On the same day the…