Nile Irr. Dist. v. Gas Securities Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit by the Gas Securities Company against the Nile Irrigation Dis - trict and others. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
The District Court enjoined the directors of a Colorado irrigation district, on the application of a holder of its bonds, from making an order excluding lands alleged to be embraced in the district. An appeal is prosecuted from that decree. The district was formed under the laws of Colorado providing for the organization and management of irrigation districts. Sections 3440-3494, Rev. Stats, of Colorado 1908. In a general way this portion of the statutes is modeled upon the Wright Act, adopted by California in 1887 (St. 1887, p. 29), and its subsequent amendments, but…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Board of Directors of Modesto Irrigation District v. TregeaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
- Knowles v. New Sweden Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
- Oregon Short Line Railroad v. Pioneer Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
- Cullen v. Glendora Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
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