Devine v. Board of Supervisors
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County. Joseph W. Hughes, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT
This is an action to restrain the defendants from levying a special tax for the current year to create an interest and sinking fund to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of certain so-called Folsom road bonds. A general demurrer to the complaint was overruled, and, defendants declining to answer, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendants appeal.
The only question to be determined is the validity of the bonds, and this depends altogether upon the power of the board of supervisors to issue them, for, so far as the proceedings leading…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Mariposa County v. CountsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by4 opinions
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