164 U.S. 179 17 S.Ct. 52 41 L.Ed. 395 TREGEAv.board of directors of MODESTO IRRIGATION DIST. No. 13. November 16, 1896. On March 7, 1887, the legislature of the state of California passed an act (St. Cal. 1887, p. 29) whose scope and purpose were disclosed in the first section: ‘Section 1. Whenever fifty, or […]