Legal Opinion
Nelson v. Belle Fourche Irrigation District
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1995No. 19187PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
Harold Nelson (Nelson) sued the Belle Fourehe Irrigation District (District) for breach of implied contract due to failure to deliver water for agricultural irrigation. The trial court entered summary judgment for the District finding there was no evidence of an implied contract. We affirm.
FACTS
Nelson is a rancher and has been a member/constituent of the District for over forty-seven years. In 1990, 1991 and 1992, he ordered specific quantities of water from the District for the purpose of irrigating his crop land. In each of those years, he only received a portion of…
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