# Williams v. Board of Supervisors

> California Supreme Court · April 29, 1884 · 65 Cal. 160

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5441621

## Case

- **Full name:** THOMAS H. WILLIAMS v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 29, 1884
- **Citations:** 65 Cal. 160; 3 P. 667; 1884 Cal. LEXIS 478
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 8 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

The Court.
—The order of a board of supervisors, creating a district for the reclamation of swamp land, is an act of legisla *161 lion, in the exorcise of the taxing or police power of the State, which is not reviewable upon certiorari. (Bixler v. County of Sacramento, 59 Cal. 700 .) The writ of certiorari is, as a remedy, only available for the review of an act judicial in its character.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.

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