UNITED STATES v. WALKER RIVER IRR. DIST.

No. C-125.

11 F.Supp. 158 (1935)

UNITED STATES v. WALKER RIVER IRR. DIST. et al.

District Court, D. Nevada.

June 6, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. H. Atkinson, U. S. Atty., as successor to George Springmeyer, former U. S. Atty., both of Reno, Nev., and Ethelbert Ward and Cole L. Harwood, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for the United States.

William M. Kearney, of Reno, Nev., for a large number of the defendants, including Walker River Irr. Dist.

George L. Sanford, of Carson City, Nev., for a number of other defendants.

Green & Lunsford, of Reno, Nev., for a number of the defendants including Antelope Valley Mutual Water Co., the successor to Antelope Valley Land & Cattle Co. and Minnie M. Powell.

Thatcher & Woodburn and William Forman, all of Reno, Nev., for Sierra Pacific Power Co. and Bank of Nevada Savings & Trust Co.

W. H. Metson and E. B. Mering, both of San Francisco, Cal., for certain defendants.

W. W. Watson, of San Francisco, Cal., for Bertrand Salles.


ST. SURE, District Judge.

This is a suit in equity brought by the United States, as plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as the government, against 253 defendants, all appropriators and users of the waters of Walker river, East Walker river, West Walker river, and the tributaries thereof, in the irrigation of lands in the Walker river basin owned or possessed by defendants. The suit is brought on behalf of the government by direction and authority of the Attorney General...

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