Legal Opinion

Smith v. Strother

California Supreme Court

Decided December 18, 1885No. 11049PublishedCited by 33 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco. Application for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent to audit and allow the claim of the appellant for his salary as an official reporter of the city and county of San Francisco. The further facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.

— Reporters are, by virtue of statute, appointed by the several judges of the Superior Courts, and in the matter of their compensation the legislature passed an act for its regulation, which was approved on the 21st of March, 1885. (Stat. of 1885, p. 218.) The act referred to is an amendment of section 274, Code of Civil Procedure. By the provisions' of this act the counties of the state are divided into ten classes,' according to population, and the compensation of the official reporter for his services is to be by a monthly salary to be fixed by the judge, by an order duly entered on the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Ex parte ShraderCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Strumsky v. San Diego County Employees Retirement Assn.California Supreme Court · 1974
  2. State ex rel. Hovey v. NobleIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  3. In Re County Com'rs of Counties Comprising Seventh Judicial Dist.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  4. City of Los Angeles v. PomeroyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Millholen v. RileyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1930

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