MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.
By an act of the legislature of California, passed in 1868, a general system was established for reclaiming swamp and overflowed, salt marsh, and tide lands in the State, of which there is a large quantity, and thus fitting them for cultivation.
It will be sufficient for the purposes of this suit to state the general features of the system, without going much into detail. It provides for the formation of...
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