Department of Water & Power v. Inyo Chemical Co.

THE COURT.

This cause is before us upon appeal by the State of California, from a judgment entered after the demurrer of the defendant and respondent to the complaint in intervention of said state had been sustained without leave to amend. Therefore, for the purpose of this appeal the facts must be taken to be as declared in said complaint in intervention, wherein the following declarations form the basis of the alleged cause of action of the state herein.

For several years prior to and during the month of November, 1926, the defendant, Inyo Chemical Company, a corporation, operated a…