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FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DISTRICT v. BRADLEY

No. 355.

164 U.S. 112 (1896)

17 S.Ct. 56

41 L.Ed. 369

FALLBROOK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, v. BRADLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.L. Rhodes (Mr. R. Percy Wright, Mr. John R. Aitken and Mr. Samuel F. Smith were with him on his brief) for appellants.

Mr. Benjamin Harrison for appellants.

Mr. William D. Guthrie and Mr. Clarence A. Seward, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of holders of bonds issued under the irrigation laws of California.

Mr. George H. Maxwell for appellees.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate for appellees.

Mr. John F. Dillon, (Mr. Harry Hubbard and Mr. John M. Dillon were on his brief,) for appellants.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The decision of this case involves the validity of the irrigation act enacted by the legislature of the State of California and set forth in the above statement of facts. The principal act, passed in 1887, has been amended once or twice by subsequent legislation, but in its main features it remains as first enacted. The title of the act indicates...

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