Legal Opinion

Himmelmann v. Cofran

California Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1868PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Sawyer, C. J.:

This is an application for a mandate to require the Superintendent of Streets of San Francisco to make an assessment, and issue his warrant in pursuance of the provisions of the statutes in such case provided. The contract was duly made, and fully performed, so as to entitle the petitioner to have an assessment made upon the land fronting upon the improvement for payment. The Superintendent of Streets made an attempt at an assessment, in all respects similar to that in question, in the case of Dougherty v. Hitchcock, 35 Cal. 512. The District Court denied the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pond v. NegusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
  2. Dougherty v. HitchcockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1868
  3. Wildridge v. PattersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Boody v. WatsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1886
  2. German-American Savings Bank v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Flewellin v. ProetzelTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Dyer v. ScalmaniniCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Union Trust Co. v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1908

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