Legal Opinion
Wattson v. Eldridge
California Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1929No. Docket No. L.A. 11272PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
This proceeding had its inception in the District Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Two, wherein petitioner sought the issuance of a writ of mandate to compel the respondents, as members of and constituting the .board of public works of the city of Los Angeles, to execute a contract, duly awarded to petitioner under public bid, for the filling in and improving as surface streets certain areas or parcels of land theretofore used and employed as canals or artificial waterways. A prior proceeding instituted by the city of Venice was involved in Schultz v. City of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Archer v. Salinas CityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Spires v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1906
- Slavich v. HamiltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
- Godfrey v. City of AltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1850
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Menno Toews, Evelyn Toews, and Norman Meachum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2004
- Faus v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- City of Long Beach v. PayneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
- People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. RussellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
- Marshall v. Standard Oil Co.California Court of Appeal · 1936
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