Peabody v. City of Vallejo

Decided January 31, 1935. John Wesley Shenk wrote the opinion for the court.

2 Cal. 2d 351 · Cited 131 times

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• Collier v. Merced Irrigation District · 2 P.2d 790
• Miller v. Bay Cities Water Co. · 107 P. 115
• City of San Bernardino v. City of Riverside · 198 P. 784
• Gurnsey v. Northern California Power Co. · 117 P. 906
• Herminghaus v. Southern California Edison Co. · 252 P. 607
• Miller & Lux Inc. v. Enter. Canal & Land Co. · 147 P. 567
• Montecito Valley Water Co. v. City of Santa Barbara · 77 P. 1113
• Burr v. MacLay Rancho Water Co. · 98 P. 260
• Newport v. Temescal Water Co. · 87 P. 372
• Town of Antioch v. Williams Irrigation District · 205 P. 688
• Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter · 209 U.S. 349
• Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371
• United States v. Rio Grande Dam & Irrigation Co. · 174 U.S. 690
• Connecticut v. Massachusetts · 282 U.S. 660
• Gin S. Chow v. City of Santa Barbara · 22 P.2d 5
• Pabst v. Finmand · 211 P. 11
• Hudson v. Dailey · 105 P. 748
• Barton v. Riverside Water Co. · 101 P. 790
• Fifield v. Spring Valley Water Works · 62 P. 1054
• Seneca Consol. Gold Mines Co. v. Great Western Power Co. · 287 P. 93
• Conaway v. Yolo Water & Power Co. · 266 P. 944
• Northern California Power Co. v. Flood · 199 P. 315
• San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Fresno Flume & Irrigation Co. · 112 P. 182

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