Savage Lateral Ditch Water Users Ass'n v. Pulley

SCHILLING, Judge Pro Tem.

I

BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.

Respondent Last Chance Ditch Company possesses water rights in the Payette River. Its water is distributed by irrigation canals and lateral ditches, one of which is called Sand Hollow Ditch. Respondent Sand Hollow Ditch Company is responsible for maintenance of some lateral canals flowing off of Sand Hollow Ditch, including the Savage Lateral Ditch. The Savage Lateral is located near the end of Sand Hollow Ditch, not far from where Sand Hollow Ditch empties back into the Payette River.

From as early as the 1930s, the Savage Lateral…