Crystal Springs Land & Water Co. v. City of Los Angeles
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California
This was a suit in equity by the Crystal Springs Land & Water Company and S. G-. Murphy against the city of Los Angeles to quiet title to certain waters, water rights, and works connected therewith, A demurrer to the bill was overruled (76 Fed. 148), and defendant now moves to dismiss the bill- for want of jurisdiction.
1Opinion of the Court
WELLBORN, District Judge.
The present hearing is on a motion to dismiss the bill for want of jurisdiction. Jurisdictional issues were raised at an earlier stage of the suit by demurrer. Complainants then maintained that the suit was one of federal cognizance, on two grounds: First, that the suit arose under the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; second, that defendant’s claim to the water properties described in the bill was based, in part, at least, on acts of the legislature of California, which acts, if construed as making the grants claimed by defendant, are repugnant to the constitution of the…
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