Reid v. Groezinger

Petitioner tendered to respondent, a justice of the peace of the city and county of San Francisco, the sum of two dollars, and demanded that the justice accept the same as the legal fee for the entry of a judgment, and that he thereupon enter a default judgment in an action commenced in his court. Upon the refusal of the justice, proceedings in mandate were commenced. A general demurrer to the petition having been sustained, this appeal is taken.

Appellant contends that the legal fee for the service demanded is two dollars, under an act entitled “An act to establish the fees of county,…