City of Burbank v. Metropolitan Water District

Petitioner City of Burbank seeks mandamus to compel respondent Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to credit upon 1960 and subsequent taxes levied by the district certain amounts paid by the city under the “in lieu” provisions of section 8, subdivision (h) of the Metropolitan Water District Act (Act 9129; 1 Deering’s Water Code, p. 1108; §§ 35-1 to 35-15, inclusive, of Appendix to West's Water Code)—payments “in avoidance of taxes” upon property within the city, which payments for the years 1953-1959, inclusive, proved to be excessive. This excess was revealed by the decision…