Reclamation District No. 537 of Yolo County v. Burger
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Yolo County denying a new trial. W. H. Grant, Judge. The facts- are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This suit is by a reclamation district to collect an assessment. The appeal is from a refusal of a new trial. It is denied that the district was duly organized, and that the assessment was in proportion to benefits.
The alleged defect in organization is that the petition was not signed by the owners of one-half of the acreage of the district. After the petition had been presented and had been published, the board. organized the district, excluding therefrom about three hundred acres, which was included in the district as described in the petition. It is admitted that the petition does contain…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Van Loben Sels v. Reclamation District No. 551California Supreme Court · 1897
- Lower Kings River Reclamation District, No. 531 v. PhillipsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by13 opinions
- Sim v. WeeksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
- Shibley v. Fort SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Scilley v. Red Lodge-Rosebud Irrigation DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1928
- Reclamation Dist. No. 673 v. DiepenbrockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1914
- McPhee v. Reclamation Dist. No. 765California Supreme Court · 1911
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