Haskell v. City of Long Beach
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. M. P. Goodrich, City Attorney of San Pedro, J. S. Chapman, and Ward Chapman, for Appellants. George A. Skinner, City Attorney of Long Beach, and Lawler, Allen, Van Dyke & Jutten, for Respondents.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendants and from an order denying their motion for a new trial.
This action was brought to set aside and annul an attempted annexation by the city of Long Beach of certain territory on Terminal Island, lying between the cities of Long Beach and San Pedro in Los Angeles County. The plaintiffs are residents and taxpayers of the territory sought to be annexed and bring the action on the ground that at a special election held for the purpose of determining whether annexation should be made, such attempted annexation was in fact defeated by a…
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