46 P. 1024 | Idaho | 1896
The plaintiff in the spring of 1894 was, and for many years prior thereto had been, the owner and in the possession and occupancy of the northwest quarter of section 29, township 1 north, of range 38 east, of the Boise meridian, in the county of Bingham, state of Idaho, and had made valuable improvements thereon in the way of houses, barns, outhouses, fences, etc., and was at the date last mentioned using and occupying said premises as a home for himself and family.' About the year 1890, the defendant corporation constructed a large
Much of appellant’s brief is taken up with a discussion of the evidence in the case. We think the verdict of the jury and the findings of the court are fully sustained by the evidence. In fact, there is little or no conflict in the evidence upon any material issue. Appellant’s contention that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence in erecting his house and other improvements where they were liable to be damaged by the canal of defendant, subsequently constructed, is not maintainable; nor is the appellant’s position strengthened by the fact that there was a small irrigating ditch, on the line where defendant’s canal was constructed, at the time plaintiff built his house and other buildings. The maxim, “So use your own property as not to injure the rights of another,” applies as well to corporations as to individuals. Appellant’s claim that the corporation defendant is not called upon to consider or respect the rights of settlers along the line of its canal, who have made such settlement subsequent to the location of the canal, is not only unsupported by law, but is repugnant to every principle of equity and good conscience. The j’udgment of the district court is affirmed, with costs.