Mordecai v. Board of Supervisors of County of Madera
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Review to annul an order of a board of supervisors forming an irrigation district. Tbe facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Harris & Hayhurst, Haven, Athearn, Hall & Chandler, Edward F. Treadwell and James F. Farraher for Petitioners.
1Opinion of the CourtOlney, J.
This is a petition for a writ of review -annulling an order of the respondent board of supervisors of Madera County. The petitioners are owners of land in that county, and it seems that on October 31, 1919, they filed with the state irrigation board, the administrative board created by the so-called California Irrigation Act of 1919, [Stats. 1919, p. 671], an application for the formation of an irrigation district under that act. Subsequent to the filing of this application, and while it was pending, the owners of other lands in Madera County presented to the board of supervisors of the…
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