Central Pacific Railroad v. Board of Equalization of Placer County
California Supreme Court
Certiorari from the Supreme Court to the Board of Equalization of Placer County, on petition of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The County of Placer was divided into revenue districts, and sixteen and a quarter miles of the railroad of the petitioner was in District Number One, and seventy-six miles thereof in District Number Two.
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Certiorari from the Supreme Court to the Board of Equalization of Placer County, on petition of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. The County of Placer was divided into revenue districts, and sixteen and a quarter miles of the railroad of the petitioner was in District Number One, and seventy-six miles thereof in District Number Two. The Assessors of said districts listed said road and the telegraph line of the company along the road at twelve thousand dollars per mile, for the fiscal year 1871-2, and returned the same to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, about June, 1872. On the 2d…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
It has been settled by a long series of decisions in this State that a writ of certiorari brings up for review only the question whether the inferior officer, Court, or tribunal, has exceeded its jurisdiction, and cannot be used as a mere writ of error for the correction of mistakes, either in law or fact, committed by the inferior tribunal within the limits of its jurisdiction. (Whitney v. Board of Delegates, 14 Cal. 499; People v. Dwinelle, 29 Cal. 632; People v. Burney, 29 Cal. 459; Winter v. Fitzpatrick, 35 Cal. 269; Morley v. Elkus, 37 Cal. 454; Will v.…
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