Humboldt Lovelock Irrigation Light & Power Co. v. Smith

Plaintiff, a Nevada corporation, filed its Bill of Complaint in this Court praying for a decree, in addition to other relief, granting an injunction against defendant interfering with certain of its alleged water rights in the Humboldt River in the State of Nevada. Jurisdiction of this Court is based on the alleged ground that Section 75 of the Water Law of the State of Nevada, Section 7961, Nevada Compiled Laws 1929, as construed by the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, is in violation of Article 1, Section 10 and of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,…