PEOPLE EX REL. CITY OF DOWNEY v. DOWNEY COUNTY WATER DIST.

Docket No. 25655.

202 Cal.App.2d 786 (1962)

21 Cal. Rptr. 370

THE PEOPLE ex rel. CITY OF DOWNEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DOWNEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, Defendant and Respondent.

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

April 25, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Bonnie Lee Martin, Deputy Attorney General, Royal M. Sorensen, City Attorney (Downey), and Burke, Williams & Sorensen for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Alan M. Firestone, City Attorney (San Diego), and Graham K. Fleming, Deputy City Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Burris & Lagerlof, C.F. Culver and H. Jess Senecal, for Defendant and Respondent.

Morris Hyman, C.F. Culver, Minasian & Minasian, P.J. Minasian, Ralph G. Helm, Rutan, Lindsay, Dahl, Smedegaard, Howell & Tucker, H. Rodger Howell, Price, Postel & Parma, Robert M. Jones, Redwine & Sherrill, Earl Redwine, Rimel & Johnston, Jack J. Rimel, Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, Frederick Bold, Jr., Surr & Hellyer, James R. Edwards, Clifford H. Clark, J. Clifford Argue, Smith, Netsley & Stevenson, Lance D. Smith, Frank P. Doherty, Frank E. Jenney, Wadsworth, Fraser & McClung, Robert H. Dahl, Schofield, Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus & Jenkins, Thomas M. Jenkins, Stanley C. Lagerlof, Powell & Martinson, Don Martinson, Kirkbridge, Wilson, Harzfeld & Wallace, John H. Holtom, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, John M. Cranston, Morgan W. Lowery, Kaminar, Sorbo, Andreen, Thorn & Gallagher and Robert Thorn as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


LILLIE, J.

This is a quo warranto proceeding challenging the existence of the Downey County Water District. The People claim that by inclusion of the entire area of the district within the corporate boundaries of the City of Downey through annexation proceedings of December 6, 1957, the district, by operation of law was merged with the city and completely dissolved. Principally on stipulated facts the trial court concluded...

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