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Plaintiffs brought this action to quiet title to eighty acres of land in Kern County. The answer of defendants is not in the record. No point is made of this omission and as both counsel agree that the answer denied title of the land in the plaintiffs and stated no affirmative defense we will assume that this correctly summarizes the missing pleading. Judgment went for plaintiffs, and defendants have appealed.

On April 22, 1890, David S. Coverdale filed his application in the United States land office to homestead land in Kern County, of which that involved in this action was a portion. The land was then a part of the public domain belonging to the government of the United States. A patent was issued to him dated the twenty-first day of June, 1892.

On September 22, 1888, the Poso Irrigation District was formed. It continued to exist as a legal entity until March 1, 1923, when it was dissolved by a decree of court. The property here involved is located within the exterior boundaries of the district. Some time prior to September 10, 1889, the district, which had been organized under the Wright Act (Stats. 1887, p. 29), took the necessary steps to issue bonds which were…