Moreing v. Shields
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION originally made to the District Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District for a Writ of Mandate to require the trustees of a reclamation district to call in sufficient of an assessment to pay certain warrants. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
The application is for mandamus to require the trustees of said reclamation district to call in sufficient of an assessment now levied to pay warrants owned by petitioners, aggregating $175,226.98. Said reclamation district was organized in 1911 by act of the legislature. (Stats. 1911, p. 831.) On April 30 and May 21, 1914, respectively, contracts were entered into between the district, through its trustees, and petitioners for the construction of levees and other reclamation work in the district. Warrants were to be issued from time to time as the work progressed, but it was expressly…
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