Yaden v. Gem Irrigation District

— This action was brought to obtain a writ of mandate to compel respondent to deliver water to appellant’s land and to recover damages for loss of crops as a result of respondent’s failure and refusal so to do. The cause was tried to the- court and judgment was entered in favor of respondent from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted.

Throughout this opinion the use of the word “appellant” will be taken as referring to Eleanor B. Yaden.

The facts are substantially as follows: Respondent district was organized in 1909. Its irrigation works consist of *304a pumping plant on Snake River, from which…