People ex rel. Attorney Gen. v. Johnson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. This was a bill in equity filed in the Court below by the Attorney General, against J. Neely Johnson, Governor of the State of California, John A. Brewster, Surveyor General, and David E. Douglass, Secretary of State, a board of commissioners by virtue of an Act of the Legislature, entitled “An Act to provide for tbe survey and construction of a wagon road to the Sierra Nevada mountains,” to enjoin said…
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Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District. This was a bill in equity filed in the Court below by the Attorney General, against J. Neely Johnson, Governor of the State of California, John A. Brewster, Surveyor General, and David E. Douglass, Secretary of State, a board of commissioners by virtue of an Act of the Legislature, entitled “An Act to provide for tbe survey and construction of a wagon road to the Sierra Nevada mountains,” to enjoin said commissioners from entering into any contract for the construction of said road, for the reason that said Act is unconstitutional…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Murray, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the Court.
Mr. Justice Heydenfeldt and Mr. Justice Terry concurred.
The facts of the case are agreed on, so that the single point presented for our consideration, is whether the Act of the 8th of April, 1855, is in contravention of Article VIII of the Constitution, or not. The language of the Article is as follows: “ The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall singly, or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred…
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