Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District v. Stanley

Petition for a writ of mandate to compel respondent to execute bonds of the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.

Question Presented

The validity of the bonds, dependent upon the constitutionality of the special act creating said district.

Record

Respondent has demurred to the petition on the ground that the act creating the district is unconstitutional as being special legislation prohibited by the California Constitution. The pertinent facts set forth in the petition follow. The district is a body corporate and politic of the state, organized and existing under the…