San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. County of Stanislaus
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the validity under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of orders establishing water rates of an irrigation company in California, are stated .in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The facts, which involve the validity under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of orders establishing water rates of an irrigation company in California, are stated .in the opinion. Complainant is hot entitled to have its alleged water rights valued as increasing the value of its tangible properties; nor is complainant entitled to have its alleged water rights valued as part of its “going, concern.” Complainant introduced no evidence of the value of “going concern” or of “good-will.”…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill to restrain 'the enforcement of orders passed by the Boards of Supervisors of the three defendant Counties, Stanislaus, Fresno and Merced, establishing water rates to be charged by the plaintiff, the appellant; the ground of the bill being that the orders deprive the plaintiff of its propérty without due process of law. By a statute of March 12, 1885, the Boards are authorized to fix these rates for their several Counties, but so that the returns to the parties furnishing the water shall be not less than six per cent, upon the value of the 'canals, ditches, flumes, chutes, and…
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