Palmer v. West Kern County Water District

The issues on this appeal concern the rights of two attorneys to recover from a county water district for legal services allegedly rendered in connection with the formation of that district.

The first amended complaint herein alleges that the defendant, West Kern County Water District, which is the respondent herein, was formed on May 19, 1959; that prior thereto the plaintiffs Palmer and Vizzard, who are the appellants herein, “were retained by the organizers and directors of *43said District to prepare the necessary papers, resolutions, petitions, notices, and to perforin other legal steps…