Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Kings County Water District
California Supreme Court
Decided October 11, 1956No. L. A. 24184PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpence, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate requiring the board of directors of the Kings County Water District to exclude therefrom certain property constituting a right-of-way owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. The board, following an extended hearing, had denied Santa Fe’s petition for exclusion of the property. While mandamus is an appropriate remedy to test the proper exercise of discretion vested in a local board (Walker v. City of San Gabriel, 20 Cal.2d 879, 881 [129 P.2d 349, 142 A.L.R. 1383]; Naughton v. Retirement…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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