Bates v. Gregory
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This was an application for a writ of mandate to compel the defendants, as trustees of the city of Sacramento, to issue to the petitioner new bonds of the city, in accordance with the provisions of the act of March 22, 1864, in exchange for unpaid bonds held by him, that had been issued under the provisions of the acts of April 26, 1853, and April 10, 1854.
The city of Sacramento was incorporated by the act of the legislature passed March 26, 1851, entitled “ An act to incorporate the city of Sacramento.” (Stats. 1851, p. 391.) The government of the city was vested in a mayor, recorder, and…
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