United States v. Anderson Cottonwood Irr. Dist.

This case came regularly before the court for trial on February 11, 1936. Plaintiff made motion for judgment on the pleadings, which motion was thereupon ordered to be submitted upon written memoranda' of points and authorities ; the same having been filed, and submitted for judgment on June 22, 1936. This court then made an order that plaintiff be given a decree for' judgment, as prayed against the answering defendants, and that a decree enter upon the filing of written findings of facts and conclusions of law. On January 22, 1937, this order was modified, providing that this court file a written opinion in lieu of findings of fact and conclusions of law.

The suit is in equity, brought by the United States, as owner of certain land within the limits of the defendant district, against the district and certain of its officers, to set aside and cancel liens created by certain assessments levied upon such land by the district through its officers. These assessments were levied subsequent to the purchase of the land by the United States. The United States also seeks to restrain the future levy of such assessments, alleging that the levy of such assessments against property of the…