Feliz v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. McNealy, J. A petition for hearing in Bank was filed in this case after judgment, and denied.
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Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. McNealy, J. A petition for hearing in Bank was filed in this case after judgment, and denied. John F. Godfrey, for Appellant, in his brief, argued that under the Mexican laws the plaintiff acquired paramount right to the use of the waters of Los Angeles River, and that the use of the water of the river by riparian proprietors, under that law, was, and under the present law is, subject to the communal use of the pueblo, but as the case is decided by the Court upon another ground, his argument is omitted.
1Opinion of the Court
Morrison, C. J.:
The appeal in this case has been presented to the Court, on the judgment roll. This suit was brought by the plaintiffs against the city of Los Angeles, and the contest relates to the right to the use of the waters of the Los Angeles River, the plaintiffs claiming the right to use the same under an appropriation alleged to have been made by them or their grantors, in the year 1844, and the defendant claiming the exclusive right to use the same, for a period extending as far back as *75the year 1781. On the trial in the Court below, judgment passed in favor of the plaintiffs, and…
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