Legal Opinion
Hilborn v. Nye
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 4, 1911No. Civ. No. 821PublishedCited by 5 opinions
PETITION for writ of mandate to the controller of state. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
This is an application for a writ of mandate directing respondent to pay certain claims of certain officers and employees of the Senate and Assembly of the state for their services in connection with the thirty-eighth session of the legislature. The attorney general interposed a demurrer to the petition on the ground of insufficient facts to entitle petitioner to the relief claimed.
It appears from the petition that the legislature convened on January 1, 1909, and on or about that date petitioner was elected secretary of the Senate and J. W. Harper was elected history clerk; that they entered…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Kingsbury v. NyeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
- Lawver v. LanghansIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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