Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. Petrie
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, in and for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action for the examination, confirmation and approval of a contract between the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District and the Secretary of the Interior. Judgment for plaintiff.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, in and for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Action for the examination, confirmation and approval of a contract between the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District and the Secretary of the Interior. Judgment for plaintiff. The district and the Secretary of the Interior cannot enter into a contract, against the will of an individual land owner who has less water than five-eighths of an inch per acre, acquired independently of the district on lands lying above any of the district’s laterals or canals, or any other amount…
1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.
The original petition in this case was filed February 8, 1915, by the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District for the examination, approval and confirmation by the district court of a contract with the government of the United States, under which certain arid lands within the jurisdiction of the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District are to be supplied with water for irrigation, and to provide for the drainage of lands within said irrigation district which are waterlogged, as well as to secure supplemental storage water for the purpose of furnishing an adequate supply of water to properly irrigate…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bissett v. Pioneer Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1912
- Pioneer Irrigation District v. StoneIdaho Supreme Court · 1913
- Shinn v. Board of RegentsIdaho Supreme Court · 1913
- Hillcrest Irrigation District v. BroseIdaho Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by20 opinions
- Hershey v. Reclamation District No. 108California Supreme Court · 1927
- Burt v. Farmers' Co-Operative Irrigation Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1917
- United States v. Tulare Lake Canal Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. PetrieIdaho Supreme Court · 1923
- United States v. IdeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
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