Borchard v. Board of Supervisors
California Supreme Court
WRIT OF REVIEW to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura to review proceedings for the incorporation of the City of Oxnard. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. T. O. Toland, M. J. Rogers, and Barnes & Selby, for Petitioner. ■ The proceedings of the board of supervisors, in so far as they are quasi-judicial, are reviewable upon this writ.
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WRIT OF REVIEW to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Ventura to review proceedings for the incorporation of the City of Oxnard. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. T. O. Toland, M. J. Rogers, and Barnes & Selby, for Petitioner. ■ The proceedings of the board of supervisors, in so far as they are quasi-judicial, are reviewable upon this writ. (4 Ency. of Pl. & Prac., p. 96; People v. El Dorado County, 8 Cal. 58; People v. Marin County, 10 Cal. 344; Whitney v. Board of Delegates, 14 Cal. 480; Miller v. Sacramento County, 25 Cal. 94; Murray v. Mariposa County, 23 Cal. 492;…
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Petitioner sues out this writ of review to test the validity of the proceedings of the board of supervisors of Ventura County, resulting in the incorporation of the city of Oxnard. The proceedings were had under the Municipal Incorporation Act of 1883.
The board of supervisors made return showing the proceedings had before them. Petitioner has filed affidavits attacking the return so made, and asks us to consider these affidavits, and, in effect, amend the return. This we may not do. Where the jurisdiction of an inferior tribunal turns upon a disputed question of fact, and the evidence before…
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