Hensley v. Reclamation District No. 556
Citations
- 121 Cal. 96
- 53 P. 401
- 1898 Cal. LEXIS 855
Syllabus
<p>Declamation District—Public Agency—Nonliability to Action.—Declamation districts organized under the provisions of the Political Code, are public agencies, and, if considered as corporations, have only such powers and liabilities as. are prescribed by the law which creates them, which does not prescribe that they may be sued; and no action against a reclamation district can be entertained. It has no property out of which a judgment could be satisfied, and has no power to levy assessments for any purpose other than works of reclamation; and neither its trustees nor its commissioners could be compelled by mandamus to levy assessments to pay a judgment against it.</p>
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- noting that “in the construction of general and special acts,” the maxim generalia specialibus non derogant applies
- noting that “in the construction of general and special acts,” the maxim generalia specialibus non derogant applies
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Judges: McFarland
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