Chard v. Harrison
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, of the County of Shasta. This appeal is prosecuted from an order, or judgment, of the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, dismissing a writ of certiorari, previously issued to the County Judge of Tehama county, commanding him to certify certain proceedings had before him, in a matter involving the granting of a ferry-license.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, of the County of Shasta. This appeal is prosecuted from an order, or judgment, of the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, dismissing a writ of certiorari, previously issued to the County Judge of Tehama county, commanding him to certify certain proceedings had before him, in a matter involving the granting of a ferry-license. It appears from the record that Chard and Finch, the appellants, had been for several years running a ferry across the Sacramento river at Tehama, under a license from the proper authorities of…
1Opinion of the Court
Murray, C. J.,
after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the Court.—Burnett, J., concurring.
The act concerning public ferries and toll-bridges, passed April 28, 1855, devolves the power of establishing public ferries upon the supervisors of the various counties of the State. The twenty-fifth section of the act provides, that when any member of the board of supervisors is interested in the establishment or construction of any ferry or toll-bridge, or in counties where no board of supervisors is organized, the County Judge shall exercise the same duties as those that are devolved on the…
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