Scollay v. County of Butte
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Butte County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court:
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
In the year 1876, Butte County was the owner and holder of two hundred railroad bonds of the California ¡Northern Railroad Company, secured by mortgage, the principal and interest of which had become due and payable; but the company would not pay, and the county was desirous of collecting them. Under those circumstances two persons, W. S. Watson, and William Corcoran, proposed to the board of supervisors of the county that they would collect them without attorney’s fees, expenses, or costs to the county, for fifty cents on the dollar. The board accepted the proposal, and on the 3d of October,…
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