State Ex Rel. Henry v. Superior Court

This is a certiorari proceeding to review an order of necessity made by tbe superior court of Chelan county in an eminent domain proceeding, wherein tbe North Pacific Mortgage Company seeks to condemn a location for a pumping station and a right of way for a pipe line for carrying water across tbe lands of relators, Thomas J. Henry and wife, upon whose lands tbe Federal Land Bank of Spokane has a mortgage.

Respondent’s land is arid and, in its natural state, requires irrigation to produce commercial crops. There is no reasonable sufficient way of irrigating tbe land except by pumping water…