Blood v. McCarty
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Calaveras County. C. V. Gottsohalk, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Britt, C.
The County Government Act, as revised in 1893, provides that the county board of supervisors have jurisdiction and power to grant licenses and franchises for taking tolls on public roads or highways "whenever, in their judgment, the expenses necessary to operate or maintain such public roads or highways as free public highways is too great to justify the county in so operating or maintaining them”; the licensee being required to keep the road in reasonable repair. (Stats. 1893, p. 359.) The controlling question in this case is whether such provision conflicts with the constitution of…
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- Blood v. WoodsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
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