Salmon River Canal Co. v. Bell Brand Ranches, Inc.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, the Salmon River Canal Co., an Idaho corporation owning ranch land in Nevada, brought a diversity action in the federal district court in Nevada seeking to enjoin appellees, Bell Brand Ranches, Inc. and J. K. Wheeler and Wheeler Machinery Company, from pumping water from wells located on neighboring lands. The district court granted appellees’ summary judgment motions and appellant timely filed this appeal. Our jurisdiction rests upon 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

Roland D. Westergard, the Nevada State Engineer, was permitted intervention by the District Court…