Legal Opinion

San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. County of Stanislaus

California Supreme Court

Decided December 28, 1908No. S.F. No. 4798PublishedCited by 31 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. H. Z. Austin, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Frank H. Short, Garret W. McEnerney, W. B. Treadwell, and Van Fleet & Mastick, for Appellant. L. J. Maddux, E. H. Hoar, George W. Jones, and Frank Kauke, for Respondents.

1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.

Plaintiff is a corporation engaged in furnishing water for irrigation purposes in the counties of Fresno, Merced, and Stanislaus, and brought this action in the superior court of Fresno County against the county of Stanislaus and the counties of Fresno and Merced, and the boards of supervisors of said three counties respectively, to have declared null and void certain orders of said boards establishing the maximum rates to be paid plaintiff by the inhabitants of each county for water for irrigation of lands therein.

All the defendants demurred to the complaint, and their demurrers being…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. San Diego Land & Town Co. v. National CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  2. San Diego Land & Town Co. v. JasperSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Tennessee v. CondonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Abelleira v. District Court of AppealCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
  2. Metcalf v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  3. Smith v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
  4. Graydon v. Pasadena Redevelopment AgencyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
  5. Bell v. Sharp Cabrillo HospitalCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989

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