Spring Valley Water Works v. Bryant
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The- facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, McKinstry, J. :
The plaintiff filed its petition in the District Court praying that a “ writ of review ” issue to defendants, the Board of Supervisors, commanding them to certify for review a certain preamble and resolution, and an order passed hy the Board; that a day be fixed for the hearing, and that on such hearing it he declared and adjudged that in passing said preamble, resolution, and order, the said Board acted without authority of law, and in excess of its jurisdiction, and that said preamble, resolution, and order were void.
The defendants filed an answer to the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- People ex rel. Church v. Supervisors of AlleganyNew York Supreme Court · 1836
- People ex rel. Whitney v. Board of Delegates of San Francisco Fire DepartmentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1860
- City of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1874
- People ex rel. McDonald v. BushCalifornia Supreme Court · 1870
- Keys v. Board of SupervisorsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
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