People ex rel. O'Donnell v. Bd. of Supervisors of S.F.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, County of San Francisco. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court 1
I. The Act of April 21st, 1858, for the relief of Hugh O’Donnell is unconstitutional.
1st. It is against the provisions for the protection of private property in the eighth and third sections of the Constitution of California. See sec. 37, art. 4.
2nd. It is an usurpation of judicial powers on the part of the Legislature contrary to article 3, Constitution of California.
II. It is submitted that: First, The City and County of San Francisco is a municipal corporation, and that, so far as the said city is concerned, (that being the corporation indebted) it is a corporation holding its property in…
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