Legal Opinion
Wilbur D. May v. Nevada Irrigation District, an Irrigation District Organized and Existing Under the Laws of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1979No. 77-1698PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
May brought this diversity action in 1968 seeking a declaration that the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) is contractually bound to provide him with irrigation water at an annual rate of six dollars per acre. The district court sitting without a jury found that the easement which had been granted in exchange for the right to water at that rate had terminated' in 1949. In that year title to the easement vested in the United States, which had previously acquired title to the underlying estate. The court held for NID.
May appealed, and in 1971 the cause was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stanislaus Water Co. v. BachmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
- Jameson v. Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Co.California Supreme Court · 1917
- Spangenberg v. SpangenbergCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1912
- E. Clemens Horst Co. v. New Blue Point Mining Co.California Supreme Court · 1918
- Jones v. PierCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
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