Farmers' Co-operative Ditch Co. v. Riverside Irrigation District, Ltd.
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District for the County of Ada. Hon. George H. Stewart, Judge. Action by the plaintiff to have the rights and priorities of the appropriators of water from the Boise river determined and decreed. Cause tried and decree entered for the several claimants. Defendant, the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District, appealed from the judgment.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District for the County of Ada. Hon. George H. Stewart, Judge. Action by the plaintiff to have the rights and priorities of the appropriators of water from the Boise river determined and decreed. Cause tried and decree entered for the several claimants. Defendant, the Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District, appealed from the judgment. The findings in this case wholly ignore the requirement of the law calling for the description of the land to which the water is made appurtenant by the decree, and further ignore the user of water as an…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, C. J.
This action was instituted by the Farmers’ Co-operative Ditch Company against numerous appropriators of water from the Boise river, for the purpose of adjudicating the priorities among the several appropriators. The complaint was filed on August 20, 1902. The defendants answered and also filed cross-complaints setting up their several rights, appropriations and priorities, and asking for affirmative relief decreeing their several appropriations and *456the times from which they should date. After the commencement of this action, the trial court, proceeding under the authority of the act of the…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Borden v. CroakIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
- Hard v. Boise City Irrigation & Land Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1904
- Boise Irrigation & Land Co. v. StewartIdaho Supreme Court · 1904
- Wilterding v. GreenIdaho Supreme Court · 1896
- Bardsly v. Boise Irrigation & Land Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by17 opinions
- In Re Water Rights of Deschutes RiverOregon Supreme Court · 1929
- Dover Lumber Co. v. CaseIdaho Supreme Court · 1918
- Farmers' Co-Operative Ditch Co. v. Riverside Irrigation District, Ltd.Idaho Supreme Court · 1909
- Prosole v. Steamboat Canal Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1914
- Biggs v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
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