House v. Los Angeles County
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The statute under which the appointment of plaintiff was made cannot be construed to authorize such an appointment. (See Pol. Code, secs. 3877-80.) The board of supervisors had power, under their general grant of power, to enter into the contract with the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The statute under which the appointment of plaintiff was made cannot be construed to authorize such an appointment. (See Pol. Code, secs. 3877-80.) The board of supervisors had power, under their general grant of power, to enter into the contract with the plaintiff. (Hawk v. Marion County, 48 Iowa, 474; Wilhelm v. Cedar County, 50 Iowa, 254; People v. Haws, 12 Abb. Pr. 208; 21 How. Pr. 182; Brady v. Supervisors, 2 Sand. 460; Statutes of 1889, p. 359; Peoples. El Dorado County,…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
This action was brought by R. P. House, the respondent here, to recover four hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-six cents, for services rendered to the county of Los Angeles in the collection of money on account of delinquent taxes, in cases where real property had been sold to the state of California and no redemption had.
The plaintiff in his complaint sets out a contract in writing, entered into on the fifteenth day of December, 1891, between him and the ■ controller and attorney general of the state of California, in which the latter appointed the former to collect and cause to…
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