Longan v. County of Solano
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Solano. The action was to recover an amount claimed for official services rendered by the plaintiff as constable, during the months of May and June, 1883. The defendant admitted the performance of the services as alleged in the complaint, but claimed that under the provisions of the Act of March 14, 1883, “to establish a uniform system of county and township governments,” the plaintiff was not entitled to…
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Solano. The action was to recover an amount claimed for official services rendered by the plaintiff as constable, during the months of May and June, 1883. The defendant admitted the performance of the services as alleged in the complaint, but claimed that under the provisions of the Act of March 14, 1883, “to establish a uniform system of county and township governments,” the plaintiff was not entitled to compensation for services in criminal cases exceeding one hundred dollars per month. By that act the defendant was constituted a…
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
Among the provisions of the present Constitution of this State are the following: —
“The legislature shall establish a system of county governments which shall be uniform throughout the State; and by general laws shall provide for township organization, under which any county may organize whenever a majority of the qualified electors of such county, voting at a general election, shall so determine; and whenever a county shall adopt township organization, the assessment and collection of the revenue shall be made, and the business of such county and the local affairs of the several townships…
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