Ricker v. Twin Falls North Side Land & Water Co.

In 1907, the state of Idaho, through its land board, entered into a contract with respondent providing for the construction of what is known as a Carey Act irrigation system on the north side of the Snake River, in what is now Lincoln and Gooding counties. One of the pro visions of that contract, which is the basis of this action, provided:

“The party of the second part (respondent) agrees to construct said canal system so that water conducted through the same may be available at a point not to exceed one-half mile, measured in a direct line, from each quarter section of land herein described…