Legal Opinion

Ertle v. Leary

California Supreme Court

Decided September 16, 1896No. Sac. No. 148PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Placer County. W. H. Grant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the Court

The Court.

The demurrer of defendants to the complaint in this action having been overruled, they declined to answer, and plaintiff obtained judgment enjoining defendants—who are the county of Placer, the persons composing the board of supervisors of said county, and D. M. Leary, and J. H. Van Dorn—from proceeding under a certain contract of date November 28, 1894, whereby said Van Dorn undertook to construct parts of a new jail for the use of the county; the judgment also declared the contract to be void. Leary, it seems, represented Van Dorn in the negotiation and execution of the contract;…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Peterson v. . the Mayor, C., of New-YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1858

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Stone v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
  2. Parks v. City of PocatelloIdaho Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Hart v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. City St. Improvement Co. v. KrohCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Schofield v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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