Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of California. The case is reported in 68 Fed.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was an appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of California. The case is reported in 68 Fed. Rep. 948. The action was commenced in that court by defendants in error, the plaintiffs below, for the purpose of procuring an injunction restraining defendant Tomlins, the collector of the irrigation district, from, giving a deed to it of the premises belonging to plaintiff, Mrs. Bradley, based on a salé of her land made by the collector for the non-payment of a certain…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The decision of this case involves the validity of the irrigation act enacted by the legislature of the State of California and set forth in the above statement of facts. The principal act, passed in 1SS7, lias been amended once or twice by subsequent legislation, but in its main features it remains as first enacted. The title of the act indicates its purpose. . It is admitted by all that very large tracts of land in California are in fact “ arid lands,” which require artificial irrigation in order to produce anything of value. There are different degrees, however, in- which irrigation is…
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