People v. Coleman
California Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Seventh. Judicial District. The complaints, in these several cases, against the several defendants therein, and doing business in the City of San Francisco, by designation of the Attorney General, in order to secure an impartial trial, were filed in Contra Costa [48] County, in * the ordinary form,, to recover the penalties imposed by Article YI of the Eevenue Act of May 18th, 1853, on auctioneers, for selling real or personal property without a license; and,…
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Appeal from tbe Seventh. Judicial District. The complaints, in these several cases, against the several defendants therein, and doing business in the City of San Francisco, by designation of the Attorney General, in order to secure an impartial trial, were filed in Contra Costa [48] County, in * the ordinary form,, to recover the penalties imposed by Article YI of the Eevenue Act of May 18th, 1853, on auctioneers, for selling real or personal property without a license; and, also, by Article YII, on all persons neglecting or refusing to pay the taxes levied on all persons selling any…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Ch. J. Murray
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Mr. J. Heydeneeldt concurred..
This appeal is prosecuted from a pro forma decision of the District Court of Contra Costa County.
The suit was commenced in the nature of a prosecution, to recover the penalty for a violation of the Revenue Act of 1853.
The defendants demur, on the ground that the Act in question is repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of California.
In approaching the consideration of this question, we cannot but regret that the public mind has been prepared for a different decision…
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