Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Bettner v. City of Riverside

California Supreme Court

Decided August 26, 1886No. 11233PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County. The facts are stated in the opinion, and in the opinion of Mr. Justice Myrick in Department Two.

1Opinion of the Court

Foote, C.

Department Two of this court affirmed the judgment of the court below, which had been rendered in favor of the defendant.

The only point advanced by the plaintiff on a rehearing questioning the correctness of that opinion is that the notice of the election given by the board of supervisors is defective in that there was nothing in it from which the voters could classify the proposed municipal corporation, or vote intelligently upon the question of incorporation.

*462The part of the notice material to the question raised is as follows:—

“Election notice to incorporate the city of Riverside:—
“…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Central Irrigation District v. De LappeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. People Ex Rel. Averna v. City of Palm SpringsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  3. People Ex Rel. Russell v. Town of LoyaltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Borchard v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
  5. People Ex Rel. Strong v. City of WhittierCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933

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