People Ex Rel. Spiers v. Lawley
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Lake County, and from an order denying a new trial. Thos. J. Lennon, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Theodore A. Bell, John T. York, and Charles A. Shurtleff, for Appellants.
1Opinion of the Court
[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This is a proceeding in quo warranto.
The complaint charges that the defendants have "usurped, intruded into and unlawfully held and exercised," and so continue wrongfully and without right to exercise a certain franchise for the construction and maintenance of a toll road starting from a certain point in Napa county and extending into and terminating at a certain point in Lake county, and for the collection of tolls thereon, and asks the judgment of the court…
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