Spring Valley Water Works v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 61 Cal. 3
• 1881 Cal. LEXIS 533

Syllabus

<p>Water Companies—Water Bates—Corporations.—The Spring Valley Water Company was organized under “An Act for the incorporation of Water Companies,” passed April 22, 1858; by the provisions of which it had a right to have the water rates fixed by a Board of Commissioners; and the duty of appointing two of the Commissioners was imposed by the fourth section of the Act upon the Board of Supervisors. A Board of Commissioners was appointed under the Act; and, a vacancy having occurred in the Board by the death of one of the members appointed by the Board of Supervisors, the company applied for a writ of mandamus to compel the Board of Supervisors to appoint a new Commissioner.</p> <p>Held: Section 4 of the Act in question was repealed by Section 1, Article xiv., of the Constitution, and the subject-matter is now governed by the Act of March 7, 1881. o</p> <p>Id.—Id.—Id.—Constitutional Law—Impairing the Obligation oe Contracts.—The change in the law by the constitutional amendment of 1879, did not in any way impair the charter of the corporation, or interfere with any of its vested rights, and is not in conflict with any provision of the Constitution of the United States. (Boss, J., dissents.)</p>