San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Stanislaus County
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
In Equity. Suit by the San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Company against the counties of Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno, Cal.
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In Equity. Suit by the San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Company against the counties of Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno, Cal. Action to enjoin the enforcement of certain water rates established by the boards of supervisors of the counties of Stanislaus, Merced, and Fresno, in the state of California, to be charged by the complainant as owner of certain canals and other works of a water distributing system for water furnished to consumers, and to declare said rates null and void on the ground that they and each of them are so ■ low as to deprive complainant of its property without…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The complainant is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of Nevada, and is the successor in interest of a corporation of substantially the same name organized under the laws of the state of California, which former corporation for more than 30 years next preceding the 14th day of June, 1905, was engaged in furnishing water for irrigation, sale, rental, and distribution to the inhabitants of the counties of Fresno, Merced, and Stanislaus. This former corporation on the 14th day of June, 1905, for a valuable consideration, transferred to the…
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