Glavin v. Salmon River Canal Co., Ltd.

BRINCK, Commissioner.

Plaintiff is the owner of land in the Salmon Carey Act Segregation, the defendant being the operating company for the project, which at the time this suit was commenced embraced some 35,000 acres of land, in connection with which project water rights existed. Plaintiff owns a water right for his land purchased from the Carey Act construction company, and is by virtue thereof a stockholder in the defendant corporation.

The duty of water on this project is fixed, according to a stipulation in the record, at two and one-third acre-feet per acre, and the water for the project,…