Cameron v. City of Richmond

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court in and for the county of Contra Costa in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff sued as a taxpayer of the city of Richmond, a municipal corporation, to obtain a judgment for $13,950 in favor of the city against all of the defendants, except the city of Richmond, which is impleaded as a party defendant, upon an alleged cause of action for money illegally expended and paid to the members of the council of the city of Richmond in monthly payments of $50 each as salary in addition to the compensation they were entitled to receive at the time…