Legal Opinion

Jenks v. City of Oakland

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1881No. 7,896PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff for a peremptory writ of mandamus against the defendant in the Superior Court of Alameda County. CRANE, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Thornton, J.:

All the questions which arise in this case are passed on in Bishop v. The Council of the City of Oakland, supra, 572, save one, which we will proceed to examine.

This question relates to the salary of a Justice of the Peace of the City of Oaldand. By the provisions of section 103 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as enacted by the act of April 1st, 1880 (see amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure, p. 34), it is provided that every Justice of the Peace in any city having over ten thousand inhabitants, shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars per annum; and further,…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Nicholl v. KosterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. In re MitchellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Fleming v. HanceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Graham v. Mayor & Bd. of Trs. of FresnoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. McClung v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1930

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