Johnston v. Pleasant Valley Irr. Co.

PORTER, Justice.

The respondent, Pleasant Valley Irrigation Company, Ltd., is a mutual irrigation corporation. It has 1521 shares of capital stock issued and outstanding. It owns, maintains and operates a small reservoir in Ada County, Idaho. It collects and stores water in its reservoir and distributes the same through its system of ditches and canals to its shareholders for irrigation and domestic use. The principal source of water supply for such reservoir is Ten Mile Creek, sometimes known as Black’s Creek. The water supply consists largely of early spring flood water. Usually the flow in…