Hendrich v. Walker River Irrigation District
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Lyon County; T. C. Hart, Judge. The board of directors of the Walker River Irrigation District procured a judgment approving and confirming the district’s organization proceedings, and subsequently procured a judgment confirming the stéps taken with respect to apportionment of benefits, and from both of these judgments Peter Hendrich, who had not appeared in either proceeding, appeals. The decrees are void.
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Appeal from Eighth Judicial District Court, Lyon County; T. C. Hart, Judge. The board of directors of the Walker River Irrigation District procured a judgment approving and confirming the district’s organization proceedings, and subsequently procured a judgment confirming the stéps taken with respect to apportionment of benefits, and from both of these judgments Peter Hendrich, who had not appeared in either proceeding, appeals. The decrees are void. The act is unconstitutional, being violative. of the Fourteenth Amendment to. the Constitution of the United States, in that there is no limit…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, C. J.:
This proceeding was instituted in the district court of Lyon County under sections 19 and 20 of the Nevada irrigation district act (Stats. 1919, c. 64), to secure a confirmation of the organization of the Walker River irrigation district, and the proceedings had in connection therewith for the issuance of $918,500 of its bonds.
The board of directors of the district filed with the *329clerk of said court a petition for confirmation, in due form, and thereafter the court fixed a day for the hearing of the petition, and ordered notice to be given and published for the…
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- People ex rel. Van Loben Sels v. Reclamation District No. 551California Supreme Court · 1897
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