State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Herminghaus v. Southern California Edison Co.

Decided December 24, 1926. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

252 P. 607 · Cited 82 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Lux v. Haggin · 69 Cal. 255
Anaheim Union Water Co. v. Fuller. · 88 P. 978
Miller & Lux v. Madera Canal & Irrigation Co. · 99 P. 502
Fifield v. Spring Valley Water Works · 62 P. 1054
Katz v. Walkinshaw · 70 P. 663
Gray v. Reclamation District No. 1500 · 163 P. 1024
Lamb v. Reclamation District No. 108 · 73 Cal. 125
City of San Bernardino v. City of Riverside · 198 P. 784
Re Determination of Water Rights of Hood River. · 227 P. 1065
Miller & Lux Inc. v. Enter. Canal & Land Co. · 147 P. 567
Montecito Valley Water Co. v. City of Santa Barbara · 77 P. 1113
Pabst v. Finmand · 211 P. 11
Tulare Water Co. v. State Water Commission · 202 P. 874
De Necochea v. Curtis · 80 Cal. 397
Lindblom v. Round Valley Water Co. · 173 P. 994
Newport v. Temescal Water Co. · 87 P. 372
Town of Antioch v. Williams Irrigation District · 205 P. 688
Southern California Investment Co. v. Wilshire · 77 P. 767
Harris v. Harrison · 93 Cal. 676
California Pastoral & Agriculture Co. v. Madera Canal & Irrigation Co. · 138 P. 718
Turner v. the James Canal Co. · 99 P. 520
Mentone Irrigation Co. v. Redlands Elec. Light & Power Co. · 100 P. 1082
Heilbron v. Last Chance Water Ditch Co. · 75 Cal. 117
Duckworth v. Watsonville Water & Light Co. · 150 P. 58
Coonradt v. Hill · 79 Cal. 587

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