Legal Opinion
Live Oak Water Users' Ass'n v. Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 4, 1926No. 73PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The Sutter-Butte Canal Company, a public service corporation of California, has long supplied water for irrigation in the Sacramento Valley. Before 1913 plaintiffs in error or their predecessors severally contracted with it for water to be used during long terms on definitely described parcels of land, at prices based upon their total areas at specified rates per acre, whether actually consumed or not. Payment of the stipulated sums was secured by liens-on the entire tracts; rights so acquired were appurtenant to the land and constituted a servitude upon the water. Other stipulations…
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