People Ex Rel. Webb v. Honey Lake Valley Irrigation District

The defendant was organized under the Irrigation District Act of 1897 (Stats. 1897, p. 254) and the amendments thereto. The organization was completed September 18, 1916. It embraced something over thirty thousand acres of land and was governed by a board of three directors. The first assessment .of the lands therein was levied September 10, 1917. Prior to that time, under the provisions of section 61 of the act, the board of directors had incurred indebtedness and had caused warrants therefor to be issued to the engineer of the district. These warrants recited that they were issued for…