People ex rel. Attorney-General v. Parvin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The action was brought by the people on the relation of the attorney-general, to obtain a judgment declaring that the defendants have usurped and exercised powers and franchises as trustees of a pretended Reclamation District No. 366, without authority of law. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The further facta are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKinstry, J.
Section 43 of the act of March 28, 1868, “to provide for the management and sale of lands belonging to the state, ” provided that swamp and over*551flowed land districts, previously formed, could reorganize under that act in the manner therein set forth. In pursuance of the section, and on the tenth day of June, 1871, Reclamation District No. 3, which was originally formed June 20, 1861, was organized under the act of 1868.
The Political Code took effect January 1, 1873, when section 3481 of that code read as follows:—
“If the holders of certificates of purchase or patents for lands within any…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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