Forbes v. City of Los Angeles

The plaintiffs brought this action to cancel a deed purporting to convey to the defendant city the canal, water rights and other property of the McNally Ditch Company, a mutual water company. The interveners alleged the same facts and prayed for the same relief as the plaintiffs. The defendant city, which will be referred to as the defendant and respondent, entered into a compromise agreement with the plaintiffs and all of the interveners, except Katherine Francisco, by which it acquired their lands and water stock. The defendant filed answers to . the complaint and the complaint in…