56 Cal. 478 | Cal. | 1880
This action was brought to quiet title to a piece of land which the plaintiff claims was dedicated hv the defend tint for school purposes.
The statement already made disposes of the objections to the findings, under the well-established rule that we will not interfere with the findings of fact when based upon evidence which is substantially conflicting.
The only other point made by appellant is, that66 the trustees must act in the mode prescribed by the statute creating the corporation ; and as no vote of their district enabling them to take the land in dispute is alleged to have been liad, they were not empowered to receive a dedication of this land, if it had been tendered to them”; and this,it is claimed, by reason of § 26 of the Act of April 6th, 1863, which was in force at the time the
These authorities are sufficient to establish the validity of the dedication shown to have been made in this case. ■
The action was properly brought by the plaintiff under § 1575 of the Political Code, which reads thus: “ Every school district must be designated by the name and style of !-
Discovering no error in the record, the judgment and order are affirmed.
McKinstry, J., and McKee, J., concurred.