Olson v. Idaho Department of Water Resources

BAKES, Justice.

Appellants Olson appeal from a Rule 54(b) partial judgment, issued by the district court, adopting a special master’s finding that all of the parties were bound by a stipulation filed in a water right controversy, allegedly orally agreed to, but ultimately not signed by the Olsons. 1

This case arises out of a controversy over water rights in the Lemhi River basin. All of the parties involved in the present case are landowners in the Geertson Creek drainage, part of the Lemhi River adjudication.

On April 30, 1970, the Department of Water Resources petitioned the Seventh District…