Bissett v. Pioneer Irrigation District
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Suit for an injunction to restrain an irrigation district and the directors thereof from holding an election to vote upon-the question of a bond issue. Judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, for Canyon County. Hon. Ed. L. Bryan, Judge. Suit for an injunction to restrain an irrigation district and the directors thereof from holding an election to vote upon-the question of a bond issue. Judgment for the defendant and plaintiff appealed. The property qualification contained in sees. 2375, 2376 and 2379, Rev. Codes, is clearly within the rule of Pioneer Irrigation Dist. v. Walker, and in violation of see. 20, art. 1, of the constitution. “If the provisions of an act are so connected in subject matter, dependent on each…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
The respondent, the Pioneer Irrigation District, was duly organized in the year 1901 under and in conformity with the irrigation district law, and the organization thereof was thereafter duly confirmed by a decree of the court. (Pioneer Irrigation District v. Bradbury, 8 Ida. 310, 101 Am. St. 201, 68 Pac. 295.) It has ever since been operating and doing business under and in conformity with the irrigation laws of the state. The case now before us involves the proposed action of the board of directors of the district in reference to calling a bond election for the purpose of voting an issue of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People ex rel. Akin v. Butler Street Foundry & Iron Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1903
- Pioneer Irrigation District v. BradleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1902
- State v. ScampiniSupreme Court of Vermont · 1904
- State ex rel. Cornish v. TuttleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
- Pioneer Irrigation District v. WalkerIdaho Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Burt v. Farmers' Co-Operative Irrigation Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1917
- Twin Falls Canal Co. v. HuffIdaho Supreme Court · 1938
- Elliott v. McCreaIdaho Supreme Court · 1913
- Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District v. PetrieIdaho Supreme Court · 1915
- Lemhi County Ex Rel. Gilbreath v. Boise Livestock Loan Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1929
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