Carpenter v. San Francisco Savings Union

COOPER, C.

Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff upon an agreed statement of facts, and defendant has appealed from the judgment. The statement, so far as material here, shows the following facts: On and prior to the thirteenth day of September, 1895, one J. H. Carpenter was the owner of about eight hundred and forty-five acres of swamp land, and on said day, upon proper petition to the board of supervisors, two reclamation districts including said lands were formed under the provisions of the Political Code, sections 3447, et seq. The districts were formed without the intervention of…