Buck v. City of Eureka
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Humboldt County and from an order modifying such judgment. G. W. Hunter, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court and in the opinion rendered on the former appeal reported in 109 Cal. 504.
1Opinion of the CourtTemple, J.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from the judgment and also from the order modifying such judgment. It is the second appeal in the case. (See Buck v. City of Eureka, 109 Cal. 504.) In pursuance of the permission given by this court in the judgment rendered in the former appeal, plaintiff filed his second amended complaint seeking compensation upon a quantum meruit for services rendered after his term of office had expired.
The defendant answered this amended complaint, and upon the trial plaintiff recovered a verdict for four thousand seven hundred dollars, for which amount judgment was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Litchfield v. BallouSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Higgins v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
- Weaver v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- Smith v. BroderickCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by5 opinions
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- County of Tehama v. SissonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
- Briney v. Santa Ana High School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
- Shepard v. Tulare Irr. Dist.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern California · 1899