Tarpey v. McClure
California Supreme Court
PROCEEDING in Mandamus to compel the respondents to receive and act upon a petition for the organization of a water storage district. Granted.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel the respondents to receive and act upon a petition for the organization of a water storage district under the California Water Storage District Act (Stats. 1921, p. 1727). It is submitted upon demurrer, the effect of which is to challenge the constitutionality of the act.
[1] It is urged that the act violates the provisions of section 24, article IV, of the constitution, in that it embraces more than one subject. It would be impracticable to attempt here to set forth even an outline of its comprehensive provisions. It must suffice to say that it…
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