County of Santa Cruz v. McPherson

GRAY, C.

This action was brought under the provisions of section 8 of the County Government Act of 1893 (Stats. 1893, p. 347), to recover $1,035, alleged to have been illegally paid to defendants for county printing. The plaintiff appeals from a judgment following an order sustaining a demurrer to its amended complaint.

The complaint as amended, so far as necessary to be here stated, alleges, in substance, that the defendants entered into a conspiracy with other printers and publishers of said county of Santa Cruz to defraud the said county; that it was agreed between the conspirators that the…