Empfield v. Ainsworth Irrigation District

This was an action brought by plaintiffs as owners of land within the defendant Ainsworth Irrigation District’s (District) boundaries for damages to their crops caused by an alleged breach of contract to deliver irrigation water by the District and the individual defendants as directors of the District. The second cause of action alleges that the claimed acts constituting the breach by defendants were “* * * arbitrary and capricious and constituted unjust discrimination against the plaintiffs * * * contrary to the Constitution * * As such, it states no additional grounds for recovery; and as…