Merced Irrigation Dist. v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.

THE COURT.

This action was commenced by plaintiff for declaratory relief involving its asserted rights under a contract with defendant and, as incidental to that relief, for a money judgment in the sum of $15,664.50. Judgment was rendered in plaintiff’s favor and the defendant prosecutes this appeal therefrom.

On February 21, ■ 1924, the parties to this litigation entered into a contract whereby the respondent agreed to erect and construct a hydroelectric generating plant near Exchequer on the Merced River “of about 25,000 kilowatts capacity” and the appellant agreed to purchase the electric…