Legal Opinion
Department of Public Works v. City of San Diego
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 25, 1932No. Docket No. 778PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarnard, P. J.
This is an original proceeding seeking a writ of mandate to compel the owner and the lessee of a certain dam to do certain work thereon. The action is brought by the Department of Public Works of the State of California and the state engineer, under a claim of authority vested in them by what is popularly known as the “Dam Act of 1929” (Stats. 1929, p. 1505).
The petition alleges that the respondent company is the owner and the respondent city is the lessee of what is known as the “Lake Hodges Dam”, situated about twenty-five miles northerly from San Diego; that this dam is a concrete multiple…
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- Gay v. TorranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
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- Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1931
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3Cited by10 opinions
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