Legal Opinion

Levee Dist. No. 9 v. Farmer

California Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1894No. 18159PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from a .judgment of the Superior Court of Sutter County. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Haynes, C.—

Appellant brought this action against the individuals composing the board of supervisors of Sutter county, two persons who were overseers of road districts, and others who were owners of lands through which a certain road ran, to enjoin them from closing up or vacating said road.

*180Appellant is a corporation organized to maintain a levee along a portion of Feather river, to prevent overflows, and the part of said road in question is contiguous, for the greater part of its distance, at least, to the levee, and the complaint alleges that it is the only inlet or outlet to the levee for…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. President of Cincinnati v. Lessee of WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1832
  2. Story v. . New York Elevated R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1882
  3. Brown v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Haynes v. ThomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  5. City of East St. Louis v. O'FlynnIllinois Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. City of Lynchburg v. PetersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  2. People v. GianniCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
  3. Long v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1903
  4. Pence v. BryantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Valenta v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964

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