Lassen Irrigation Co. v. Long

Plaintiff sued to recover from defendant the reasonable value of its services in furnishing water for the irrigation of defendant’s land, which value was alleged to be two dollars per acre. The services were rendered during the irrigation seasons of 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905. Defendant answered, asserting that the value of the services did not exceed one dollar per acre, and denied that there was anything due from him to plaintiff. By cross-complaint he set up a contract made with the predecessor in interest of plaintiff, under which he contended that he had a permanent preferential right to…