People ex rel. Adams v. City of Oakland
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanclief, C.
This is an action in the nature of quo warranto, brought by the attorney-general of the state, for the purpose of ousting the defendant from municipal jurisdiction over certain territory alleged to be outside of its charter limits. The city of Oakland was dncor. porated by a special act of the legislature, passed March 25,1854 (Stats. 1854, p. 183); and by a special act of February 19,1876, it was divided into seven wards described in the act (Stats. 1876, p. 62). On December 10,1887, a board of freeholders was elected to prepare and propose a new charter for the city of Oakland,…
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