Imperial Irr. Dist. v. Nevada-California Electric Corp.

This is a proceeding wherein the plaintiff sought injunctive relief against the defendant in the United States District Court of. the Southern District of California, Southern Division. The defendant by way of counterclaim also sought injunctive relief against the plaintiff, premised wholly upon plaintiff’s being granted an injunction. Defendant’s counterclaim prayed for certain declaratory relief as well, and a stipulation of fact was filed in evidence presenting certain questions for declaratory relief on behalf of both parties. Both parties appeal from portions of the decree rendered.

The plaintiff and cross-defendant below, Imperial Irrigation District, is a duly organized, existing and operating irrigation district of the State of California [Act 3854 Deering’s General Laws; California Stat *320 utes 1897, page 254, and amendments thereto], The defendant and cross-complainant below, the Nevada-California Electric Corporation, is a Delaware corporation succeeding in interest the Southern Sierras Power Company, a Wyoming corporation. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant respectively. The jurisdiction of the federal courts arises from the diversity of…