Case Name: H. O. MILNER, Appellant, v. E. S. LELAND, JESS O. EASTMAN, ROBERT C. BROWN, TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY and MABEL ANNA LELAND, Executrix of the Estate of E. S. LELAND, Deceased, Respondents
Court: Idaho Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Decision Date: 1931-10-19
Citations: 51 Idaho 214
Docket Number: No. 5711
Parties: H. O. MILNER, Appellant, v. E. S. LELAND, JESS O. EASTMAN, ROBERT C. BROWN, TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY and MABEL ANNA LELAND, Executrix of the Estate of E. S. LELAND, Deceased, Respondents.
Judges: Lee, C. J., Givens and Varían, JJ., and Koelsch, D. J., concur.
Reporter: Idaho Reports
Volume: 51
Pages: 214–215

Head Matter:
(No. 5711.
October 19, 1931.)
H. O. MILNER, Appellant, v. E. S. LELAND, JESS O. EASTMAN, ROBERT C. BROWN, TWIN FALLS CANAL COMPANY and MABEL ANNA LELAND, Executrix of the Estate of E. S. LELAND, Deceased, Respondents.
[4 Pac. (2d) 665.]
Sweeley & Sweeley, for Appellant.
Bissell & Bird and James R. Bothwell, for Respondents.

Opinion:
McNAUGHTON, J.
—This action involves the beneficial ownership and the rights and interests appertaining to certificate No. 5604 of the Twin Falls Canal Company. This certificate was involved in the case of Mendini v. Milner, 47 Ida. 439, 276 Pac. 313. Its ownership was the whole bone of contention in Leland v. Twin Falls Canal Co., ante, p. 204, 3 Pac. (2d) 1105, just decided by this court.
The holder of the lien for part of the purchase price of' this water stock permitted the right of action on the lien to expire by limitation, but sought to foreclose the lien and acquire title by pledge sale. It is claimed that the water right defined in the certificate is owned by the Canal Company and that the certificate represents only shares in that company; that as such, this stock is personalty and a proper subject of a pledge sale. The trial court held otherwise. Under the authority of Leland v. Twin Falls Canal Co., just decided, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed with costs to the respondent.
Lee, C. J., Givens and Varían, JJ., and Koelsch, D. J., concur.