Dougherty v. Foley
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The defendant recovered judgment in the Court below, and plaintiff appealed from the judgment and from an order denying a new trial. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.:
Action to recover a street assessment. The facts, about which there is no dispute, are as follows: The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, after having taken all the steps to acquire jurisdiction, ordered a public street of said city to be improved; and on the 19th of October, 1863, awarded the contract to one H. J. Shafer, as the lowest bidder; and within, fifteen days thereafter the Street Superintendent entered into a contract with said Shafer, in which the time of completion was fixed at one hundred and twenty days. The time was…
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