Lord v. Wapato Irrigation Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chelan county, Grimshaw, J., entered April 26, 1913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for an accounting, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
— This is an appeal from a judgment for the sum of $52,336.75, rendered by the superior court of Chelan county in favor of the respondent against the appellants, in an action for an accounting.
A somewhat extended statement of the facts is necessary to an understanding of the controversy. Prior to the year 1909, the appellant Wapato Irrigation Company was organized as a corporation under the laws of the state of Washington, for the purpose of engaging in a land and irrigation project in Chelan county. A large part of the lands it desired for its purposes were owned by Indians under allotments…
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