Sullivan v. Blakesley

OPINION

Bdume, Justice

(after making the foregoing statement of facts) :

1. An irrigation district, reclaiming, as it does, desert lands in the state, and accordingly conferring a benefit not alone upon the private individuals within the district, but also upon the people of the state as a whole, is a public, rather than a private corporation. Kinney on Irrigation and Water Bights, (2nd ed.) sec. 1404; 40 Cyc. 817. The duty, and the right to determine the propriety of having such districts established, rests with the legislature under its general powers to provide for the welfare of the state.…