Hawley v. Reclamation Dist. No. 730

Reclamation District No. 730, one of the defendants in these consolidated cases, was organized in 1902 under the provisions of the Political Code applicable to the formation of reclamation districts. In 1907, an assessment (the first) was levied under a plan which called for the “raising” of a levee along the Sacramento River which apparently was in existence when the district was formed. In 1909, a new (second) assessment was spread under plans for securing additional rights of way for the district’s levee system, to further raise the river levee, and to provide for a district drainage…