Torrez v. Torrez (In Re Torrez)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JAMES W. MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge:
This is an appeal from an adversary proceeding brought by the Appellees, the Debtors Joseph and Mary Hilda Torrez, to quiet title to 120 acres of farmland in the Lower Tule River Irrigation District (“District”). Under federal law each landowner can receive water for a maximum of 160 acres of land. 43 U.S.C. § 431. The Appellants John and Jessie Torrez already owned 160 acres prior to purchasing these additional 120 acres.
On January 15, 1975, John Torrez, Jr. and Jessie Torrez purchased the 120 acres by making a downpayment and encumbering them with a…
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