Twin Falls Salmon River Land & Water Co. v. Caldwell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division'of the District of Idaho; Drank S. Dietrich, Judge.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division'of the District of Idaho; Drank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit by A. E. Caldwell, W. F. Mikesell, V. E. Morgan, J. E. Pohl-man, W. C. Pond, James W. Beauchamp, Carl Washburn, and Harold S. Simms, in their own behalf and in behalf of all persons similarly situated with them, against the Twin Falls Salmon River Rand & Water Company, Salmon River Canal Company, Eimited, Commonwealth Trust Company of Pittsburgh, trustee, and A. C. Robinson. Decree for complainants (231 Fed. 769), and defendants appeal. This case grows out of…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] In the consideration of the case it is to be remembered that the United States owned the land, and the state of Idaho the water. The object and the terms and conditions of the grant concerning which the Secretary of the Interior was authorized to contract with the state have been set out in full in the foregoing statement. Among the requirements is an application on the part of the state for such of the lands authorized to be granted as it would agree to cause to be irrigated, reclaimed, occupied, and cultivated as specified, preceding such application…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Twin Falls-Salmon River Land & Water Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1916
3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth Trust Co. of Pittsburgh v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Sanderson v. Salmon River Canal Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1921
- Sanderson v. Salmon River Canal Co., Ltd.Idaho Supreme Court · 1927
- Willow River Water Users Ass'n v. Orchards Water Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1924
- Tapper v. Idaho Irrigation Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1922
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