Legal Opinion

Nevada National Bank v. Poso Irrigation District

California Supreme Court

Decided September 25, 1903No. L.A. No. 1337PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Id.—Findings of Fact—Erroneous Conclusion of Law—Modification of Judgment.—Where the findings of fact by the court conclusively show, as matter of law, that the bonds are not enforceable against the land of the intervener, nor against the intervener at all, and that such lands are not a part of the district, a statement in the last finding of fact that an assessment when levied to obtain revenue for the payment of the liability of the district, will become a lien upon the…

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Id.—Findings of Fact—Erroneous Conclusion of Law—Modification of Judgment.—Where the findings of fact by the court conclusively show, as matter of law, that the bonds are not enforceable against the land of the intervener, nor against the intervener at all, and that such lands are not a part of the district, a statement in the last finding of fact that an assessment when levied to obtain revenue for the payment of the liability of the district, will become a lien upon the land of the intervener, is an erroneous conclusion of law, and a judgment merely exempting the land from the lien of the…

1Opinion of the Court

HAYNES, C.

Plaintiff brought this action against said irrigation district, alleged to be a corporation organized under an act of the legislature approved March 7, 1887, (Stats. 1887, p. 29,) upon a large number of bonds and coupons issued by said district, and prayed judgment thereon for the sum of $11,790 and accrued interest. The complaint alleged the incorporation of the irrigation district, the issuance of the bonds and coupons, and the title of the plaintiff: to them, and prayed for judgment for $11,790 and interest. No other relief was demanded. Defendant’s answer put in issue all the…

2Cited by11 opinions

  1. City of Inglewood v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929
  2. Lee v. Osceola & Little River Road Improvement Dist. No. 1 of Mississippi Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. Scilley v. Red Lodge-Rosebud Irrigation DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Peninsula Drainage District No. 2 v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Nelssen v. Electrical District No. 4Arizona Supreme Court · 1942

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