Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. Bond

Appellant is an irrigation district organized as a public corporation under the laws of Idaho. In 1915, its supply of water being insufficient to irrigate the lands of all its members, it entered into a contract with the United States, at that time engaged in the construction of the Boise irrigation project, for wafer to irrigate the unsupplied lands and for the construction of a drainage system within the district. The district undertook , to represent" these lands in their relations to the government and collect from their owners and pay over to the government construction installments and…