GILA WATER CO. v. WITBECK

No. 5571.

29 F.2d 175 (1928)

GILA WATER CO. et al. v. WITBECK.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 12, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. B. Alexander, William L. Barnum, Alexander B. Baker, and Louis B. Whitney, all of Phœnix, Ariz., for appellants.

Kibbey, Bennett, Gust, Smith & Lyman, of Phœnix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before GILBERT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.


DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order appointing, with broad powers, a receiver for the Gila Water Company. The company is the owner of more than 75,000 acres of land in Arizona and of a canal system headed by a dam in the Gila river, constructed to supply water for the irrigation of the land. The plaintiff, Ruth Witbeck, is the holder of a small amount, 125 shares, of its capital stock, and in her complaint...

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