Candler v. Washoe Lake Reservoir & Galena Creek Ditch Co.
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Washoe County; M. A. Murphy, Judge. Action by Mrs. 0. I. Candler and another against the Washoe Lake Reservoir and Galena Creek Ditch Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from the District Court, Washoe County; M. A. Murphy, Judge. Action by Mrs. 0. I. Candler and another against the Washoe Lake Reservoir and Galena Creek Ditch Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. I. In this case plaintiffs brought suit on an alleged breach of contract whereby plaintiffs alleged that defendant agreed to furnish 50 inches of water upon Section 14, Township 18 north, Radge 20 east, during the irrigation season, according to a written contract set forth and made part…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, J.:
This action was brought by the respondents against appellant for damages in the sura- of $2,000 for breach of the conditions upon the part of appellant of a written contract to supply respondents with 50 inches of water for irrigation, which breach resulted in the loss of respondents’ wheat and pasture crops for the year 1902, and the destruction of a considerable part of a stand of alfalfa and timothy upon the lands of respondents situated in Sections 14 and 23, T. 18 N., R. 20 B., in Washoe County. Appellant denied liability for, and also the amount of, the alleged…
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