Merced Irrigation District v. San Joaquin Light & Power Corp.

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment upon a contract for the sale and delivery of electric energy.

The respondent is' an irrigation district organized .and operating under the California Irrigation Act. The appellant is a public utility corporation organized for the purpose of supplying consumers with electric power and light. In February, 1924, the respective parties executed a written contract by the terms of which the appellant agreed to purchase. from respondent the entire output of a 25,000 kilowatt hydroelectric generating plant for a term of twenty years at 4y2 mills…