Board of Directors of the Horse Heaven Irrigation District v. Mineah

Citations

• 112 Wash. 325
• 192 P. 997
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 786

Syllabus

<p>Waters and Water Courses (89)—Irrigation Districts—Establishment—Estimate of Cost—Statutes. Bonds of an irrigation district are not invalid for failure of the board of directors to sufficiently comply with Rem. Code, § 6430, requiring the board to “estimate and determine the amount of money to be raised” before calling an election for the issuance of bonds, where the estimate of the cost of the project was made upon information obtained through investigation and surveys made by a competent engineer appointed by the board, whose work was cheeked over and approved by engineers and attorneys appointed for that purpose, since the statutes vest the board of directors with large discretion, and contemplate that they shall have before them such information as will enable them to make a fair, honest and reasonably accurate estimate.</p> <p>Same (91)—Bonds—Issuance and Delivery—Effect of Antedating—Interest c.n Bonds, Bonds of an irrigation district dated January 1, 1918, but not issued and delivered until January 25, 1918, are not void because ante-dated and in violation of Rem. Code, § 6430, requiring that they shall “bear date at the time of their issuance”; since “date of issue” when applied to notes, bonds, etc., of a series, means the date fixed as the beginning of the term for which they run, without reference to the time of their sale or delivery, the testimony showing that the accrued interest was adjusted at the time of their sale and delivery.</p> <p>Same (89)—Proceedings to Establish—Powers of Officers— Statutes. The board of directors of an irrigation district have authority to purchase from an irrigation company its surveys; notes, water rights, etc., and to pay for the property by the delivery of bonds of the district, under Rem. Code, § 6427, and the discretion of the board in making the purchase will not be questioned, in the absence of arbitrary conduct or fraud.</p> <p>Same (91)—Bonds—-Validity—Place of Payment—Designation in Bonds. Rem. Code, § 6430, r