People ex rel. Dean v. Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of supervisors of Contra Costa county in granting a franchise. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court,
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review the action of the board of supervisors of Contra Costa county in granting to one McNear a franchise to construct and maintain a wharf upon the southern shore of the straits of Carquinez. It is claimed by the petitioner that the action of the board in granting the franchise was wholly without the law.
*422Section 1 of an act of the legislature, approved March 33, 1893, declares: “Every franchise or privilege to erect or lay telegraph or telephone wires, to construct or operate railroads along or upon any public street or highway, or to…
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