Nampa & Meridian Irr. Dist. v. Bond
District Court, D. Idaho
In Equity. Suit by the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District against J. B. Bond, Project Manager of Boise Project of the United States Reclamation Service, in which the Payette-Boise Water Users’ Association, Limited, intervene. On motion to dismiss complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
In accordance with the expressed desire of the parties, the averments of the complaint are given a liberal construction, to the end that the merits of the controversy may be adjudged *570upon the motion tp dismiss, without the necessity of a trial more fully to disclose the particular facts.
1. Our discussion may be clarified by having at the outset a just understanding of the plaintiff’s relation to the subject-matter of the suit. Whatever may be its formal legal status under its contract with* the government, it is. not the real party in interest. In practical effect it…
2Cited by5 opinions
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