Death Claims Attorney of Inyo-Mono Water Cases

Thomas C. Boone, 50, Modesto attorney, prominently associated with the City of Los Angeles water 
fight in 1923, passed away Nov. 2 in Modesto.  He suffered a heart attack in court and died soon 
after at the local hospital, it was reported.

Boone will be remembered for the many court cases he tried against the City of Los Angeles, 
emerging victorious in all of his litigation, old-timers recall.  He also assisted in putting 
over the Owens Valley Irrigation District bond issue, which later went on the rocks with the 
Bishop bank failure.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Friday, Nov. 12, 1943 - Page 2

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, August 28, 2004