Old River Rice Irr. Co. v. Stubbs

This suit was brought by the appellee against appellant to recover damages for the failure of appellant to furnish water for the irrigation of a crop of rice planted and cultivated by plaintiff during the season of 1910 upon 425 acres of land adjacent to the irrigation canal owned and operated by appellant. Plaintiff's claim to the water was based upon a contract executed by the defendant on or about November 10, 1903, by the terms of which defendant, in consideration of the conveyance to it by plaintiff of a right of way for its canal across plaintiff's land, obligated and bound itself to…