Stratford Irrigation District v. Empire Water Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment condemning certain property of the Empire Water Company for the sum of $35,000, approximately $20,000 of which was ordered paid to the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, and the balance to the Empire Water Company. We will refer to the Stratford Irrigation District as the district; to the Empire Water Company as the company, and to the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles as the bank.

The district is an irrigation district organized and existing under the laws of the State of California. Its boundaries include the land to which water was…