People v. La Rue
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Sacramento, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Searls, C.
This is an action in the nature of quo ivarranto, to determine whether there is any such corporation as Reclamation-District Ho. 407, and whether the defendants Hugh M. La Rue, Samuel Lavenson, and William Wilcox are trustees thereof.
The defendants set up in their answer that two reclamation districts existed under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, known and designated respectively as districts Ho. 89 and Ho. 215, and that Swamp Land Reclamation District Ho. 407 was formed under section 8489 of the Political Code *527of the State of California by the reorganization…
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