AZ vs. CA:05 California Exhibits, Vol. V; Nos. 193-247

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__2__ was authorized at an election held in said ) district on the 12th day of january, 1933, ) and all those having or claiming any right, ) title or interest in or lien or claim upon the ) property within said district or any part ) thereof, and all real property within said ) District, ) Defendants. ) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law. The above entitled cause came on regularly for trial, and was tried at the Court Room of the above entitled Court in the City of El Centro, County of Imperial, State of California, commencing on the 16th. day of March, 1933, before the Court sitting without a jury, a jury trial having been waived, Hon. Emmet H. Wilson, Judge presiding, upon the complaint, the demurrer and answer of the defendants, Coachella Valley County Water District, A. B. Cliff, John H. Colbert, R. C. Egnew, J. C. Jones and Washington Mclntyre, and upon the answer of the defendant Charles Malan. Chas. L. Childers and D. B. Roberts, of El Centro, California, appearing as counsel for the plaintiffs; and W. G. Irving of Riverside, California, and Stewart, Shaw and Murphey of Los Angeles, California, appearing as counsel for Coachella Valley County Water District; A. B. Cliff, John H. Colbert, R. C. Egnew, J. C. Jones and Washington Mclntyre, and M. W. Conkling, of San Diego, California, appearing as counsel for Charles Malan; that summons herein was duly and properly issued as provided by law, and was served upon all defendants in the manner provided by law, and the order of this Court duly and properly made, by publication thereof in Imperial Valley Press, a newspaper of