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McAulay v. Board of Supervisors

Supreme Court of California
Aug 1, 1918
178 Cal. 628 (Cal. 1918)

Summary

In McAulay v. Board of Supervisors, supra, certain signers of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district asked to have their names withdrawn from said petition prior to the time said petition was to be presented to the board of supervisors.

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Opinion

Sac. No. 2867. In Bank.

August 1, 1918.

APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandamus originally made to the Supreme Court against the Board of Supervisors of Merced County.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

L.L. Dennett, and J.C. Needham, for Petitioner.


We are satisfied that it must be held that petitioners for the organization of an irrigation district under the act approved March 31, 1897, and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, may effectively withdraw from the petition for the organization of such district at any time prior to the presentation of the petition to the board of supervisors on the date fixed in the published notice for such presentation, with the result that at the time of such presentation they can no longer be considered by the board as petitioners. If this be true, it follows that the petition here does not make a case for relief.

The application for a writ of mandate is denied.


Summaries of

McAulay v. Board of Supervisors

Supreme Court of California
Aug 1, 1918
178 Cal. 628 (Cal. 1918)

In McAulay v. Board of Supervisors, supra, certain signers of a petition for the organization of an irrigation district asked to have their names withdrawn from said petition prior to the time said petition was to be presented to the board of supervisors.

Summary of this case from Doyle v. Jordan

In McAulay v. Board of Supervisors, 178 Cal. 628 [ 174 P. 30] the question of the right of petitioners to withdraw from such a petition was in issue.

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Case details for

McAulay v. Board of Supervisors

Case Details

Full title:L. McAULAY, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF MERCED et…

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Aug 1, 1918

Citations

178 Cal. 628 (Cal. 1918)
174 P. 30

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