People v. Van Ness
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtThornton, J.
—Action on the official bond of the defendant Van Ness, as commissioner of immigration of the port of San Francisco.
The bond on which this action was brought bears date on the 11th of January, 1876, on which day it was signed by Van Ness as principal, and Henry Barroilhet and Leland Stanford as sureties, was approved by the governor on the next day, and filed and recorded on the next day in the office of the secretary of state.
Van Ness held the office of commissioner of immigration from the seventh day of January, 1876, to the 21st of January, 1880.
During the incumbency of Van Ness,his…
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