Vactor v. Walkup
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Placer. The complaint averred that the plaintiff, and W. H. Kinder, and J. D. Pratt were Supervisors of Placer County; and that on the 4th day of April, 1870, said county was the owner of a large amount of the capital stock of the Central Pacific Bailroad Company of California; and that on said day the Legislature passed an Act authorizing said Supervisors to sell said stock, on such terms as they should…
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, County of Placer. The complaint averred that the plaintiff, and W. H. Kinder, and J. D. Pratt were Supervisors of Placer County; and that on the 4th day of April, 1870, said county was the owner of a large amount of the capital stock of the Central Pacific Bailroad Company of California; and that on said day the Legislature passed an Act authorizing said Supervisors to sell said stock, on such terms as they should deem expedient; and that on the 13th of April, 1870, the Supervisors sold the stock to D. O. Mills & Co., a banking…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The plaintiff was one of the Supervisors of Placer County, and the defendant the publisher of a newspaper in the same county. The action is for libel, and was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff, having moved for a new trial, which was denied, has appealed from the judgment and from the order denying his motion. The alleged libel related to a sale by the plaintiff and two other Supervisors of said county, under the authority of a special Act of the Legislature, of certain shares of the capital stock of the Central Pacific Railroad…
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