Winter v. Tarabino

The defendants in error were the plaintiffs in the trial court and will be referred to as such. They are stockholders in The Baca Irrigating Ditch Company, a mutual ditch company, here called the Baca Company. Stockholders in this company in times past are referred to as the Baca shareholders. The plaintiffs in error were defendants in the trial court and collectively are called the defendants. The three corporate plaintiffs in error will be referred to as the Joint Companies. The individual *32plaintiffs in error are stockholders in the Joint Companies.

One issue of the case involves the…