Legal Opinion

City of Los Angeles v. Hunter

California Supreme Court

Decided December 1, 1909No. L.A. No. 2140PublishedCited by 22 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. McNutt & Hannon, Stephens & Stephens, Warren E. Lloyd, T. R. Archer, and Munson & Barclay, for Appellants. Leslie R. Hewitt, City Attorney, H. T. Lee, J. R. Scott, and W. B. Mathews, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Tanner, Taft & Odell, for certain Defendants, Respondents.

1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.

The suit of the City of Los Angeles v. Hunter et al. is an action against forty-seven owners of land in the San Fernando Valley, to quiet title in the plaintiff to its asserted paramount right to the use of the waters of the Los Angeles River. The case of the City of Los Angeles v. Buffington et al. is an action against one hundred and sixty owners or tenants of land in the same valley, brought for the same purpose, and also to obtain an injunction restraining the defendants from making any diversion of water from the river when it is required by the city for supplying its municipal and…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Lux v. HagginCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Katz v. WalkinshawCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Devine v. Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. City of Los Angeles v. PomeroyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. People v. Le DouxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. City of Los Angeles v. City of San FernandoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Maricopa County Municipal Water Conservation District Number One v. Southwest Cotton Co.Arizona Supreme Court · 1931
  3. City of Los Angeles v. City of GlendaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Horne v. Utah Oil Refining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Wrathall v. JohnsonUtah Supreme Court · 1935

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