Pleasant Valley Canal Co. v. Borror

Opinion

BUCKLEY, J.

This is a dispute between two water users over their respective rights to divert water from the upper Tule River in the foothills above Springville in southern Tulare County. The Pleasant Valley Canal Company (Pleasant Valley) is a mutual water company that distributes water to about 80 shareholders along an 8.3-mile ditch. The shareholders own approximately 1,400 acres which include fruit orchards, irrigated pasture, a private golf course, and a catfish pond. The Pleasant Valley Canal takes its water from the Middle Fork of the Tule River, downstream from a cattle ranch…