Montezuma Water & Land Co. v. McCracken

The plaintiff in error was the, owner of an irrigation canal in the county of Montezuma, in this state, and of certain water rights, and was carrying in said canal waters for public use for irrigation. In April, 1895, upon the application of certain water users from the said canal, the Board of County Commissioners of Montezuma county undertook to and did, fix what the board held to be reasonable maximum rates for water to be delivered through the said canal to the water users therefrom, and among which was the defendant in error.

The rate was fixed at ninety dollars per cubic foot per second…