People ex rel. Bettner v. City of Riverside

Citations

• 70 Cal. 461
• 11 P. 759
• 1886 Cal. LEXIS 818

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporation—Proceedings for Establishment of—Notice of Election — Cmr of the Sixth Class. —The notice of the election for the incorporation of the defendant recited that “a petition having been duly presented to the board of supervisors of the county of San Bernardino, signed by at least one hundred qualified electors of the county resident within the limits of the proposed corporation, which petition particularly set forth the boundaries of this proposed corporation, and stated the number of inhabitants therein to be about three thousand. ” Held, that the notice was sufficient to indicate to the voters that the proposed city would be of the sixth class, under the act of March 13, 1883.</p> <p>Id.—Inclusion of Lands not Benefited.—The propriety of establishing a municipality, and of including within its boundaries a particular territory, is in general a political question for the legislative department of the government; and if the course pursued in establishing a given municipality substantially complies with the statute, the courts will not interfere on the ground that certain territory would not derive any benefit from being included therein.</p>