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Albonico V. Madera Irrigation Dist. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

The land of property owners was entitled to its fair portion of water distributed by a county irrigation district for irrigation purposes where an excess land provision in the district's contract with the United States was improperly included.

Madera Irrigation Dist. V. All Persons [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Landowners in a water district did not obtain a vested right appurtenant to their lands, entitling them to the benefits of an irrigation district, just by applying for the appropriation of water for public use, without perfecting that right.

Ivanhoe Irrigation Dist. V. All Parties & Persons [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A state held water in trust for the benefit of the water users in an irrigation district, and was therefore not entitled to discriminate among landowners based solely upon the amount of land that they owned.

History Of The Legal Status Of The American Indian With Particular Reference To California, Donald R. Beatty

California Agencies

Since the first white men landed in this hemisphere the problem of how to handle the Indians has been of prime importance. Consistently the laws have decreed one way of treatment, and the actual practice of treating with the Indian in the field has been different. In many instances the Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Americans have despoiled and murdered the Indians.

In this study the writer is interested in the laws and statutes that have been promulgated by the different countries involved as they relate to the Indians of this hemisphere historically, and reflect on the treatment of the …