Legal Opinion

Hackett v. State

California Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1894No. 15319PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court oí the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Haynes, C.

This action was brought in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco against the state of California, by John Hackett, as assignee of W. D. English and the Pacific Coast Dredging and Reclamation Company, pursuant to a statute enacted March 15, 1889, authorizing such suit to be brought. (Stats. 1889, p. 221.) Defendant’s demurrer to the complaint was sustained, and the plaintiff declining to amend, judgment was entered for defendant, and the plaintiff appeals therefrom.

The contract out of which this controversy arose was made by W. D. English with the board of state…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hensler v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
  2. Blair v. United States Ex Rel. Gregory-HoganCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
  3. Vanderbilt v. Ocean S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
  4. Mathieson Alkali Works v. Virginia Banner Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  5. In Re McCandlessCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1911

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