Legal Opinion

Birch v. Phelan

California Supreme Court

Decided November 24, 1899No. S.F. No. 2085PublishedCited by 15 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. J. M. Seawell, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

BRITT, C.

The defendant Phelan is the mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, and, in virtue of his office, is president of the board of supervisors of said city and county; the other defendants are members of said board. The plaintiff served as a juror at various times—eleven days in all—during the month of March, 1899, upon the trial of sundry criminal causes prosecuted in the superior court of said city and county; he presented to the said board a claim in the sum of twenty- two dollars for his services as such juror, and demanded that .the same he allowed as a valid claim payable…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. County of Modoc v. SpencerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Hilton v. CurryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Jacobs v. ElliottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. City of Oakland v. Pacific Coast Lumber & Mill Co.California Supreme Court · 1915
  2. People v. CarusoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
  3. Ex parte N. K. Fairbank Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1912
  4. Swan v. TalbotCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Marculescu v. City Planning CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935

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