Legal Opinion
Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Elephant Butte Irr. Dist. of New Mexico
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1940No. 1932PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The Elephant Butte Irrigation District1 was organized in 1917 under ch. 60, N.M.St.Ann. 1915, as amended by ch. 100, N.M.S.L. 1915 and ch. 21, N.M.S.L. 1917. Within the exterior boundaries of the District at the time of its organization there were approximately 111,000 acres of land. Much of it was neither irrigable nor cultivable.
On June 15, 1918, the District entered into a contract with the United States under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. Under the contract, the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Davy v. McNeillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
- Oregon Short Line Railroad v. Pioneer Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1909
- Proctor & Gamble Co. v. CoeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York v. BrightmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Hannington v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
- Fulwiler v. Traders & General Insurance CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
- James S. Murray, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1962
- Dick Bros., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Trustees of St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church South v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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