Mills v. Houck

CONREY, P. J., Concurring.

I concur in the judgment. The limitation of liability for which section 18, article XI, of the Constitution provides, has reference only to contract indebtedness or liability. “In McQuillin on Municipal Corporations it is stated to be the well-settled rule that such provisions in the constitutions and statutes of the various states apply only to indebtedness which arises ex contractu and have no application to involuntary liabilities arising ex delicto.” (City of Long Beach v. Lisenby, 180 Cal. 52, 57 [179 Pac. 198, 200].) “This constitutional provision has been held…