Hyperlawhypertext legal databasebeta Chrystal Springs Land & Water Co. v. Los Angeles 177 U.S. 169

← Cases

Chrystal Springs Land & Water Co. v. Los Angeles

177 U.S. 169 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1900-04-09 Docket No. 41 English

Delivered by The Chief Justice :

Contents

Majority

p. 169
CHRYSTAL SPRINGS LAND AND WATER COMPANY v. LOS ANGELES.

Syllabus

APPEAL FROM' THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.
No. 41.
Submitted March 15, 1900.
Decided April 9, 1900.
Decree below affirmed on the authori ,y of the cases named in the opinion of the court.
The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
Mr. John Garber for appellants.
Mr. Walter F. Haas for appellee. Mr. S. O. Houghton was on his brief.

■ Bill to quiet title to certain waters, water rights and works connected therewith. Bill dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and question of jurisdiction certified: Reported below, 82 Fed. Rep. 114 ; 76 Fed. Rep. 148 .

Decree affirmed on authority of (1) Phillips v. Mound City Association, 124 U. S. 605 ; California Powder Works v. Davis, 151 U. S. 389 , 395; New Orleans v. De Armas, 9 Peters, 224; Borgmeyer v. Idler, 159 U. S. 408 ; Muse v. Arlington Hotel Company, 168 U. S. 430 . (2) Robinson v. Anderson, 121 U. S. 522 ; Florida Central Railroad v. Bell, 176 U. S. 321 ; Gold Washing Company v. Keyes, 96 U. S. 199 ; Tennessee v. Union and Planters' Bank, 152 U. S. 454 ; New Orleans v. Benjamin, 153 U. S. 411 , 424.

Cases cited