Miller & Lux v. Batz
Miller & Lux v. Batz
Opinion of the Court
Mandamus. Plaintiff seeks to obtain a peremptory writ compelling defendant to pay to plaintiff, out of the swamp land fund of Kern county, the sum of $2,341.71, or as much thereof as that fund contained. The writ was refused, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment. The cause was submitted on an agreed statement of facts. The court made findings of fact, but both parties agree, and it is the law, that the finding’s should not be considered, and that this court should consider the agreed statement: Gregory v. Gregory, 102 Cal. 50, 36 Pac. 364; McMenomy v. White, 115 Cal. 339, 47 Pac. 109. It is not necessary to state the facts in detail, as there is no dispute about them. Plaintiff claims as the successor in interest of certain persons who purchased certain swamp land from the state. Reclamation was made according to law, and the then owners of the land, or their assigns, became entitled, on demand, to be paid out of the
We concur: Haynes, C.; Gray, C.
For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion the judgment is affirmed.
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- MILLER & LUX v. BATZ, County Treasurer
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- Swamp Lands—Reclamation Funds—Assignment—Sale of Land. Since Political Code, section 3477, requiring the county treasurer to pay amounts due on reclamation of swamp land to the original purchaser or his assigns, contemplates payment only to the owner or assignee of the indebtedness, mandamus will not lie to compel such a payment to one who is not shown to be the assignee of the claim on the fund of an original purchaser who became entitled thereto, though he claims as a successor in interest of such original purchaser, by virtue of a purchase of the land.