Andrews v. Pratt
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Placer. The plaintiff was a taxpayer in the County of Placer. The plaintiff demurred to defendants’ answer and the demurrer was sustained. The Court below gave judgment, directing the warrants to be brought into Court and canceled, and enjoining the Treasurer from paying them. The defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Niles, J.:
This suit was brought to procure the cancellation of three warrants for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each, drawn *316in favor of the defendants Pratt, Van Vactor, and Kinder, severally, against the General Fund of the County of Placer.
Prom the complaint and answer, we adduce the following facts:
The plaintiff was a resident of the County of Placer. The defendants Pratt, Van Vactor, and Kinder, constituted the Board of Supervisors, and the defendant Hollenbeck was the County Treasurer. The county had been the owner of two thousand five hundred shares of the stock of…
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