Stanislaus County v. San Joaquin & King's River Canal & Irrigation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The county above named has appealed directly to this court from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, setting aside an ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors of Stanislaus County on June 24, 1896, designating the water rates which were to be charged by the company (appellee) 'to its water consumers for the ensuing year.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. The county above named has appealed directly to this court from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, setting aside an ordinance adopted by the board of supervisors of Stanislaus County on June 24, 1896, designating the water rates which were to be charged by the company (appellee) 'to its water consumers for the ensuing year. The appeal here is on the ground that the ease involved the construction or application of the Constitution of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
First. The question which first arises in this case is whether there was a contract with the company under the act of 1862, by reason of which the State could not thereafter authorize the board of supervisors to reduce the rates so low as to yield less than one and one-half per cent per month upon the capital •actually invested..The.acts of 1853 and 1862 are general laws, the former providing for the formation of corporations of the character named therein, and the latter amending that act,- and especially providing for the incorporation of canal companies and the construction of canals. No…
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