State v. McCauley
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh District. The pleadings consisted of the complaint, demurrer and answer. On the argument in this Court, most of the grounds of demurrer were waived, except that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The Court 'below gave final judgment for defendants on the demurrer, having previously denied the preliminary injunction asked. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment, and from the order refusing the injunction.
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Appeal from the Seventh District. The pleadings consisted of the complaint, demurrer and answer. On the argument in this Court, most of the grounds of demurrer were waived, except that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The Court 'below gave final judgment for defendants on the demurrer, having previously denied the preliminary injunction asked. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment, and from the order refusing the injunction. The law under which the contract with Estill was made is as follows: AN ACT creating a Board of State Prison Commissioners and…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
Cope, J. concurring.
On the twenty-first of March, 1856, an act was passed creating a *450Board of State Prison Commissioners, and constituting the Lieutenant Governor, the Controller and the Treasurer of the State such Commissioners. By the act, the Commissioners were, among other things, required to lease the State prison grounds and property, together with the convict labor, for a period of five years, at a price not exceeding $15,000 a month; and to provide, in any contract made by them, for the erection, at the expense of the lessee, of such buildings and improvements upon the property leased…
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