Legal Opinion

City & County of San Francisco v. Anderson

California Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 1894No. 15290PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.

The only question in this case is whether or not a “ seat in the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board ” is taxable property, and in our opinion it is not.

What such a “seat” is sufficiently appears in the opinion of this court in Lowenberg v. Greenebaum, 99 Cal. 162; 37 Am. St. Rep. 42. In that case we held that a seat in'said board, being merely “ a personal privilege of being and remaining a member of a voluntary association with the assent of the associates,” was not property that would pass by a sale under a common writ of execution; and following the views there expressed we hold that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Burke v. BadlamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Lowenberg v. GreenebaumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Clute v. LovelandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Kaiser Co. v. ReidCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
  2. People v. MeredithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Fox Bakersfield Theatre Corp. v. City of BakersfieldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Roehm v. County of OrangeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  5. United States v. County of FresnoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975

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