Hand v. El Dorado Irrigation District

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of El Dorado County denying a petition for a writ of mandate to require the exclusion of 517 acres of land from the El Dorado Irrigation District on the ground that the tract would not be benefited by the proposed district irrigation system for the reason that the petitioners already had access to an adequate independent supply of water for all useful and necessary irrigation purposes.

April 7, 1925, the El Dorado Irrigation District was duly organized, including within its territory petitioners’ 517-acre tract of…