Wright v. East Riverside Irr. Dist.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. This was an action at law upon certain interest coupons held by the plaintiff in error, which were originally attached to bonds issued by the East Riverside Irrigation District, the defendant in error.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. This was an action at law upon certain interest coupons held by the plaintiff in error, which were originally attached to bonds issued by the East Riverside Irrigation District, the defendant in error. The complaint alleges that the defendant in error is, and was at all of the times therein mentioned, an irrigation district, organized and existing under and by virtue of an act of the Legislature of the state of California entitled “An act to provide for the organization and government of irrigation…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, Circuit Judge
The law is well settled that bona fide purchasers of municipal bonds take with notice of the law under which such bonds are issued. The plaintiff in error must therefore be held to have known of the provisions of the act called the “Wright Act” (St. Cal. 1887, pp. 35, 36, 44, c. 34), sections 15,16, and 42 of which are as follows:
“See. 15. For the purpose of constructing necessary irrigating canals and works and acquiring the necessary property and rights therefor, and otherwise carrying out the provisions of this act, the board of directors of any such district must, as soon after such…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Anthony v. County of JasperSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- City v. LamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
- McGarrahan v. Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Bayley v. TaberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
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- City of Albuquerque v. Water Supply Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
- Travis v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
- City of Rome v. Breed, Elliot & HarrisonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Hooker v. East Riverside Irrigation DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
- Emmett Irr. Dist. v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1918
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