Napa Valley Railroad v. Board of Supervisors
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Seventh Judicial District, Napa County. The Court below gave judgment that a peremptory writ of mandate issue, and defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J. :
This is a petition for a mandamus to the Board of Supervisors of Napa County to compel them to subscribe the sum of thirty thousand dollars—the amount of the present indebtedness of said company—to the capital stock of the Napa Valley Railroad Company. The petition is based upon an Act passed at the last session of the Legislature, entitled “An Act concerning the Napa Valley Railroad, authorizing an election, and other matters relating thereto.” (Acts 1866, p. 810.)
The case presents two questions, one relating to the construction of the Act, the other to its…
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