Peart v. Board of Supervisors

DRAPER, J. pro tem. *

Appellants and other owners of land in unincorporated territory of Santa Clara County filed a petition with the board of supervisors of that county for the incorporation of a new city to be known as the city of South San Jose. It is conceded that the petition complied with the statutory provisions for organization of new cities. (Gov. Code, §§ 34300-34332.) After hearings upon the petition, respondent board excluded from the proposed city much of the land described in the petition for incorporation, with the result that the boundaries of the proposed city included less…