Pennie v. Reis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The court, in its opinion, stated the case as follows: . This case' comes from the Supreme Court of the State of California.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The court, in its opinion, stated the case as follows: . This case' comes from the Supreme Court of the State of California. The petitioner is the administrator of one Edward A. "Ward, deceased, who was a police officer of the city and county of San Francisco from the 24th of September, 1869, until his death, which occurred on the 13th of March, 1889. On the 1st of April, 1878, an act of' the legislature of California was approved, entitled, “ An act to enable the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco to increase…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr.. Justice Field,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.
It was contended in the court below that this latter act of. March 4, 1889, violated that provision Of the Constitution of the United States, and of the State, which declares that no person shall be deprived of his property without due process of law. The Supreme Court of the State held that' this contention went on the theory that the deceased police officer had, at the time of his death, a vested property right in the one thousand dollars of public moiiey which the former statute had directed to be paid…
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