Show Bountiful Man l Wins Vins Very r ery Important Suit The decision handed down by the supreme court of the state Saturday will III relieve relIe e quite a number of people who ho have base land Jand located above the upper up canal of the distrIct which hive here h e not been water but have ha been assessed tl tie tle e same as those tho e o who had been receiving receiving ing it P B Parry of Bountiful had op ap appealed appealed pealed to the supreme court resl resisting mg the collection of assessments agaInst hIs land as n a part of Ir- Ir IrrIgatIon Irrigation Ir Irrigation district The decision on v nten by JustIce Elias s Hansen holds that a mUnIcIpal corporatIOn such as the Bonneville IrrIgatIOn district has no Jurl over land not within the district dish This was i a suit of equity brought by the plaintiff to en enjoin the irrigation hon tion district and Davis county offs official cIa from collecting assessments rev ev red led against Mr l Parry s land and also alsoto to enjoin the same parties from here I after levying any assessments upon I I such find Ind Part of the land lind belonging to the plaintiff was below the canal of the district and part above e I In regard to the land I ly below the canal cinal some 16 acres it is held beM beMby by the te supreme court that the assess assessments assessments ments levied are arc re i a valid lien hen upon that land upon the basis of three thre acre feet of water per acre and that any assessment upon the 1 16 6 acres In excess of that is invalid and should be canceled It was as held further that on the 16 1 6 acres of land may be levied and collected hereafter on the basis b of three acre feet of water to the acre The supreme court held also thet th I the assessments upon the 10 s of Mr Parrys Parry's land lying abo above aboe e the canal and without the Bonneville Ir tIon district are invalid and should be entirely canceled end ind that the district and county officials should be enjoined hereafter from levying any assessments upon this lend lind |