SAN JOAQUIN CO. v. STANISLAUS COUNTY

No. 303.

233 U.S. 454 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 652

58 L.Ed. 1041

SAN JOAQUIN AND KINGS RIVER CANAL AND IRRIGATION COMPANY v. COUNTY OF STANISLAUS, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward F. Treadwell, with whom Mr. Garret W. McEnerney, Mr. Frank H. Short, Mr. Aldis B. Browne and Mr. Alexander Britton were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. James P. Langhorne, with whom Mr. L.J. Maddux, Mr. Parker S. Maddux, Mr. Denver S. Church, Mr. M.F. McCormick and Mr. H.S. Shaffer were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill to restrain the enforcement of orders passed by the Boards of Supervisors of the three defendant Counties, Stanislaus, Fresno and Merced, establishing water rates to be charged by the plaintiff, the appellant; the ground of the bill being that the orders deprive the plaintiff of its property without due process of law. By a statute of March 12, 1885, the...

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