Hagar v. Reclamation District No. 108
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS EEOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
By an act of the legislature of California, passed in 1868, a general system was established for reclaiming swamp and overflowed, salt marsh, and.tide lands in the State, of. which there is a large quantity, and thus fitting them for cultivation.
It will be sufficient for the purposes of this suit to state the general features of the system, without going much into detail. It provides for the formation of reclamation districts where lands of the kind stated are susceptible of one mode of reclamation; such districts to be established by the board of supervisors of the county in which the lands,…
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