Legal Opinion
San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water Works
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1880No. 6,471PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant, in the Fourth District Court, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Department No. 2, Sharpstein, J.
This is an action for the recovery of city and county taxes for the fiscal year 1876-7. The defendant demurred to the complaint on the following grounds :
“ 1. That the plaintiff hath not the legal capacity to sue or to maintain this action; for that the action, if maintainable at all, must be brought and prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California, and not of this plaintiff.
“2. That several causes of action have been improperly united in said complaint, and in one count thereof, viz., a cause of action for an indebtedness alleged to be due…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Burrall v. . Bushwick Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People v. Central Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1872
- Washington v. PageCalifornia Supreme Court · 1854
3Cited by3 opinions
- State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1917
- City & County of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
- City of San Francisco v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880