Washington County Irrigation District v. Talboy

In 1910 the Crane Creek Irrigation Land & Power Company was organized for the purpose of building and operating a reservoir. In August of the same year the Power Company entered into a contract with Crane Creek Irrigation District and Sunnyside Irrigation District and others under which that company agreed to construct the reservoir and to sell to the two districts a portion of the stored waters. In 1910-11 the reservoir was partially completed to a capacity of about 15,000 acre-feet; later it was increased to 70,000 acre-feet. No further work was done until 1920. By that time the two…