James Clark McReynolds

“ The Supreme Court of the state has declared that under her laws (see Rem. Rev. Stat. Wash. § 7434) the obligation of the bonds is a general one; that 'all lands within the district became and will remain subject to specific assessment, in proportion to benefits, until the obligation is paid.' And thus the only question for our consideration-the federal one-is whether the state had power to create such a corporation as that court has declared the irrigation district to be and to authorize the questioned assessment. ”

“ The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment; and in support of its action said:
'An irrigation district is a public corporation having some of the powers of a municipal corporation. The bond obligation is a general corporate obligation. The landowner is not entitled to a segregation of his share of the obligation at the time it is created, or at a later time. ”