Thornton

The above causes were consolidated for trial and the appeal is from the single judgment therein which forecloses liens upon certain parcels of real property for water charges for certain calendar years and grants personal judgments against the owners for so much of the charges as arose during their respective periods of ownership of said property. The questions urged on appeal are common to all of the actions and all of the defendants; hence details as to the respective interests are not necessary to this decision. The following statement of facts shows the origin of the litigation:

On and for some years prior to June 27,' 1925, Happy Valley Irrigation District was a duly organized and existing public corporation located entirely within Shasta County and having, at all times involved herein, a large bonded debt. Early in 1925 it occurred to the electors and property owners of said district that conditions were such that a dissolution under the Act of 1903 (Stats. 1903, p. 3) was in order. This act has for its title the following: “An act to provide for the dissolution of irrigation districts, the ascertainment and discharge of their indebtedness, and the distribution of their…