Shelby v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation District

Rine, District Judge.

The appellants, Camilla Bell Shelby and A. M. Shelby, brought a suit in the district court for Lincoln county, Nebraska, against the appellee, Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District, which will be hereinafter referred to as the District. The District at all times involved in this suit was and is now a corporation duly organized as a public power and irrigation district. It was organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of diverting water from the North Platte river, conveying this water by canals to reservoirs located in Lincoln county, Nebraska,…