State v. Twin Falls-Salmon River Land & Water Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
Original application for a Writ of Mandate against the defendants requiring them to issue shares of water stock to the Plaintiff Robert Rayl, such water to be used in the irrigation of state school lands purchased by said Rayl within a Carey Act project. The land owners have here agreed for a proportionate interest, and certainly those who purchased subsequent to the state contract cannot be heard to say that the state land is not entitled to any water.
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Original application for a Writ of Mandate against the defendants requiring them to issue shares of water stock to the Plaintiff Robert Rayl, such water to be used in the irrigation of state school lands purchased by said Rayl within a Carey Act project. The land owners have here agreed for a proportionate interest, and certainly those who purchased subsequent to the state contract cannot be heard to say that the state land is not entitled to any water. The correct rule to be applied in this case is that the water user is only entitled to a proportionate amount of water and that the grant…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
This is an original application to this court for a writ of mandate against the defendants, requiring *49them to issue shares of water stock to the plaintiff Robert Rayl, the water to be used in the irrigation of state school lands purchased by said Rayl within a certain Carey Act project commonly called the Twin Falls-Salmon River project.
The defendant Twin Falls-Salmon River Land & Water Company is a Carey Act construction company, organized for the purpose of constructing, operating for a time and disposing of to the purchasers of land within such project the reservoir and canal system and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. California & Oregon Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. PerotSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. StinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1903
- State v. Twin Falls Canal Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1911
- United States v. Willamette Val. & C. M. Wagon-Road Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1892
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3Cited by26 opinions
- City of Idaho Falls v. GrimmettIdaho Supreme Court · 1941
- Twin Falls Salmon River Land & Water Co. v. CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1917
- Sanderson v. Salmon River Canal Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Sanderson v. Salmon River Canal Co., Ltd.Idaho Supreme Court · 1927
- Common School District Number 61 v. Twin Falls Bank & Trust Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1931
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