Beals v. Bd. of Supervisors of Amador Cty.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District, Amador County. In this action the plaintiff sought the mandate of the Court to compel the defendant to levy and cause to be collected, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the payment by the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras or its assigns of interest on certain indebtedness due from the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras,” approved March 31st,…
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Appeal from the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District, Amador County. In this action the plaintiff sought the mandate of the Court to compel the defendant to levy and cause to be collected, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the payment by the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras or its assigns of interest on certain indebtedness due from the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras,” approved March 31st, 1866, (Stats. 1865-6, p. 471,) a tax to create a fund sufficient to pay the balance then due on the interest, which, in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sprague, J.:
The only question necessarily involved in this case is: Did the Legislature, in the passage of the special Act entitled “An Act to authorize and to provide for the payment by the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras or its assigns, of interest on certain indebtedness due from the County of Amador to the County of Calaveras,” approved March 31st, 1866, (Stats. 1865-6, p. 471,) transcend its constitutional powers ? The Act reads as follows:
“Section- 1. The warrants drawn and issued by the Auditor of Amador County upon the Treasurer thereof and in favor of the…
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