Truckee-Carson Irrigation District v. McLean

OPINION

By the Court,

Sanders, J.:

The Truckee-Carson irrigation district was formed on a federal reclamation project, known as, and called, “Newlands Project,” which was among those first selected and authorized under the act of Congress of June 17, 1902, commonly known as “the Reclamation Act,” and frequently referred to as the Newlands act, because sponsored by the late United States Senator Newlands of Nevada. 32 Stat. L. 388 (U. S. Comp. Stat. sec. 4700 et seq.).

The Truckee-Carson irrigation district includes within its boundaries about 66,000 acres of irrigable land lying under the…