Tucker v. Barnum
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Johnston & Jones, Frank Kauke, and S. C. St. John, for Appellant. The legislature has power to place limitations on the amount of fees which a justice of the peace may retain.
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The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Johnston & Jones, Frank Kauke, and S. C. St. John, for Appellant. The legislature has power to place limitations on the amount of fees which a justice of the peace may retain. (Green v. County of Fresno, 95 Cal. 329; Fleckenstein v. Placer County, (Cal.) 37 Pac. 931; Dwyer v. Parker, 115 Cal. 544; Kiernan v. Swan, 131 Cal. 410; Summerland v. Bicknell, 111 Cal. 567.) The creation of townships within a county is but a part of the county government. (Longan v. Solano County, 65 Cal. 124.) There is nothing inequitable or discriminative in the…
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Mandamus. Plaintiff is a justice of the peace of the fifth judicial township of Fresno County, and seeks a writ of mandate commanding the defendant, as auditor of said county, to allow his claim for the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, being his alleged compensation for trying forty criminal cases during the month of March, 1903, at the rate of three dollars for each case. The writ was granted and defendant appeals.
The court found that there are thirteen judicial townships in the county, and that the fifth township has a population not to exceed 3,500, and that the county belongs to the…
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