George v. Beaty

In this original proceeding in mandamus the petitioners seek the peremptory writ compelling the respondents, as the board of supervisors of the Los Angeles Flood Control District, to proceed to construct a dam at the San Gabriel Canyon dam site of the height of 425 feet above the bed of the stream with a storage capacity of 240,000 acre-feet of water, or to construct to completion a dam of such height and capacity as can be constructed for the sum of $25,000,000. It is made to appear by the allegations of the petition that at a special election called for that purpose on May 24, 1924, the…