Western Land & Irrigation Co. v. Humfeld

The sole reason for the attempt to substitute the Western Irrigation Company for the plaintiff Western Land and Irrigation Company is that the former succeeded to all of the property of the latter pending the litigation. It will be kept in mind that the property of the Western Land and Irrigation Company was sold on a foreclosure decree pending the above-entitled suit. The Western Irrigation Company bought that property from the purchaser thereof at the foreclosure sale. The statute of this state does not require the substitution of a purchaser of the property involved in a litigation while…