Mahoney v. City & County of San Francisco

This action was inaugurated in the court below by plaintiff, Margaret Mahoney, a resident taxpayer of the City and County of San Francisco. The prayer of the amended complaint was for a decree of the court directing the delivery into court for cancellation of two certain instruments of even date purporting to be leases entered into by the Spring Valley Water Company, a corporation, and the City and County of San Francisco, upon the ground and for the reason that said instruments were in violation of article XI, section 18, state constitution, and article XVI, section 29, charter of the City…