Stevens v. Geduldig

Opinion

BROUSSARD, J.

In a taxpayer’s suit, defendants Dwight Geduldig, Charles Hobbs and Lewis Uhler were found personally liable to the State *28of California for the unlawful expenditure of state funds.1 We reverse the judgment, holding (1) that because cash expenditures from the state agencies involved were reimbursed from funds appropriated for the Governor’s office, the agencies incurred no damage on which to predicate liability, and (2) the evidence before the trial court was insufficient to support a judgment based on in-kind contributions of personnel and material. Our opinion follows in…