People v. Selma Irrigation District

Citations

• 98 Cal. 206
• 32 P. 1047
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 890

Syllabus

<p>Irrigation District—Public Corporation—Dissolution—Power op Courts. —An irrigation district, organized under the act of March 7, 1887 (Stats. 1887, p. 29), is a public corporation, and cannot be dissolved for misuser or non-user of its corporate powers, in the absence of a law expressly conferring power upon the courts to pass a judicial sentence dissolving such corporation upon those grounds.</p> <p>Id. — Forfeiture of Charter—Municipal Corporations—Legislative Control. —The doctrine of forfeiture of charter has no application to municipal or other public corporations, which exist only by legislative action, and cannot be dissolved or cease to exist except by legislative consent or pursuant to legislative provision.</p>