Crane Falls Power & Irrigation Co. v. Snake River Irrigation Co.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL. from the District Court of the Third Judicial District for Ada County. Hon. Chas. P. McCarthy, Judge. Action to enjoin the defendant from interfering with an irrigation system alleged to be owned by plaintiff. Judgment for defendant. The inception of title under sec. 2339, U. S. Rev. Stats. (7 Fed. Stats. Ann. 1090, Comp.
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APPEAL. from the District Court of the Third Judicial District for Ada County. Hon. Chas. P. McCarthy, Judge. Action to enjoin the defendant from interfering with an irrigation system alleged to be owned by plaintiff. Judgment for defendant. The inception of title under sec. 2339, U. S. Rev. Stats. (7 Fed. Stats. Ann. 1090, Comp. Stats. 1901, p. 1437), to a right of way for an irrigation canal over government land attaches from the time possession is taken and actual construction commenced, and such title becomes a vested or absolute right upon the completion of the works, both as against the…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This action was brought by the Crane Falls Power & Irrigation Company, a corporation (which will hereafter be referred to as the Crane Falls Company), against the Snake River Irrigation Company (which will hereafter be referred to as the Snake River Company), to quiet title in the plaintiff corporation to four partially constructed irrigation canals along the Snake river, in the southeastern part of Ada county, and to enjoin the defendant corporation from trespassing thereon and appropriating the same to its own use.
The respondent corporation answered the complaint, and upon the issues…
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