Legal Opinion

Turlock Irrigation Dist. v. White

California Supreme Court

Decided June 15, 1921No. Sac. No. 2935PublishedCited by 45 opinions

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

This appeal is by defendants from a judgment enjoining them from attempting to collect certain taxes levied by the defendant county against lands of the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, an irrigation district, whose corporate boundaries are wholly within the counties of Merced and Stanislaus, is the owner, of land situated in the county of Tuolumne. It is the taxation of this land by the county of Tuolumne that is sought to be enjoined.

Authority to levy and collect such tax is claimed by the defendant county under the amendment of 1914 to section 1 of article XIII of the state constitution.…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Fallbrook Irrigation District v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. In re the Bonds of the Madera Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation Dist. v. Superior Court of Tulare Cty.California Supreme Court · 1920
  4. People Ex Rel. Chapman v. Sacramento Drainage Dist.California Supreme Court · 1909
  5. City of Pasadena v. Railroad CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. The Housing Authority v. DockweilerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Ferch v. Housing Authority of Cass CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Twohy Bros. v. Ochoco Irrigation DistrictOregon Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Davy v. McNeillNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Rock Creek Water District v. County of CalaverasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946

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