Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Pennington v. City of Richmond
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 25, 1956No. Civ. 16811PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD (Fred B.), J.
The city of Richmond has appealed from a judgment that the purported annexation of 10.3 square miles of territory under authority of the Annexation of Uninhabited Territory Act of 1939 (Gov. Code, §§ 35300-35326 and §§ 35000-35011) was null and void.* 1
The judgment is based upon findings that at the time of the filing of the petition for annexation (December 22,1953) 18 registered voters resided in the territory proposed for annexation. This, exceeding the “less than twelve” specified in section 35303 of the Government Code, characterized the territory as not uninhabited and…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People v. Town of OntarioCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
- People Ex Rel. Forde v. Town of Corte MaderaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
- City of Anaheim v. City of FullertonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1951
- Johnson v. City of San PabloCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
- Rogers v. Board of Directors of PasadenaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1933
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3Cited by19 opinions
- City of Port Hueneme v. City of OxnardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- City of Campbell v. MoskCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- Central Manufacturing District, Inc. v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
- County of Los Angeles v. City CouncilCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
- Cothran v. Town Council of Los GatosCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
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