CITY OF GLENDALE v. CRESCENTA ETC. WATER CO.

Docket No. 20641.

135 Cal.App.2d 784 (1955)

288 P.2d 105

CITY OF GLENDALE, Appellant, v. CRESCENTA MUTUAL WATER COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

September 30, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry McClernan, City Attorney (Glendale), John H. Lauten, Assistant City Attorney, Walter W. Charamza, Deputy City Attorney; O'Melveny & Myers, Sidney H. Wall, Bennett W. Priest and R. Bruce Hoffe, for Appellant.

Dryer, Burris & Lagerlof, Harvey F. Rawlings and Richard I. Padgham for Respondent.


ASHBURN, J. pro tem.*

Plaintiff city of Glendale appeals from a judgment denying it recovery of an amount alleged to be due from defendant Crescenta Mutual Water Company as an excise tax upon the use of water distributed within city territory. The judgment rests primarily upon a holding that the application of the city ordinance to defendant and its shareholders works an unlawful discrimination and denial of constitutional rights.

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