Finch v. Board of Supervisors

By the Court, Sawyer, J.

We are asked upon certiorari to review the action of the Board of Supervisors of Tehama County in denying a renewal of a ferry license to Finch, and in granting a license to one Harvey. The only question of which we can take cognizance is, whether the Board in the action taken exceeded its jurisdiction. The proceedings in the two applications of Finch and Harvey were separate (Finch’s application having been first made and disposed of,) and they must be separately considered in their proper order. That the Board of Supervisors is a body with limited jurisdiction, aud…