Legal Opinion
People Ex Rel. Chapman v. City of Garden Grove
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 9, 1958No. Civ. 5757PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShepard, J.
This is an action in quo warranto by which plaintiff challenges the validity of the incorporation of the city of Garden Grove, California, and of the exercise by its officers of the municipal functions of that city.
The relator having duly obtained the permission of the Attorney General of the State of California did on December 28,1956, file a complaint in the above-entitled matter alleging: that the city of Garden Grove is not validly incorporated and that the mayor and council members are functioning without lawful right; that on September 27, 1955, notice of intention to circulate a…
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