United States v. Fort Belknap Irrigation District

JAMESON, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks recovery of sums expended in 1958 and 1959 for work on Sherburne Dam on Swiftcurrent Creek in northwestern Montana and an injunction against diversion of waters from Milk River by the defendants until they have paid charges assessed against them. Sherburne Dam is part of the Milk River Reclamation Project constructed and operated by plaintiff under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), as amended. The defendants, comprising the Chinook Division of the Milk River Project, are irrigation districts organized under the laws of Montana. The…