San Francisco Savings Union v. Reclamation District No.124
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Henry C. Campbell, Donald Y. Campbell, and Campbell, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Fowler, for Appellant. The action was not barred by statute. Reclamation districts could not sue or be sued until the amendment of April 5, 1899, to section 3453 of the Political Code. Reclamation districts cannot sue or be sued in the absence of the express authority of statute.
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The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Henry C. Campbell, Donald Y. Campbell, and Campbell, Fitzgerald, Abbott & Fowler, for Appellant. The action was not barred by statute. Reclamation districts could not sue or be sued until the amendment of April 5, 1899, to section 3453 of the Political Code. Reclamation districts cannot sue or be sued in the absence of the express authority of statute. (Whittaker v. County of Tuolumne, 96 Cal. 100; Mayrhofer v. Board of Education, 89 Cal. 110;1 Skelly v. School District, 103 Cal. 652; Colusa County v. Glenn County, 117 Cal. 434; Witter v.…
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an action to recover money due the plaintiff on warrants drawn by order of the board of trustees of the defendant on the county treasurer,. approved by the board of supervisors, presented for payment, and not paid for want of funds. The complaint consists of eighty-nine distinct counts upon a like number of warrants, amounting in the aggregate to $18,169.63. The defendant’s demurrer to the complaint was sustained • and judgment entered accordingly. The only ground- of demurrer necessary to mention here is the general one, that neither the complaint as a whole nor any count thereof-…
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