Opinion

Lake County v. Sulphur Bank Quicksilver Mining Co.

  • 66 Cal. 17
  • 4 P. 876
  • 1884 Cal. LEXIS 667
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Oct 10, 1884
Status
Published
Author
Thornton
On the bench
McKinstry, Thornton
Cited by
24 cases

“Against [a public nuisance], however long continued, the State is bound 21 to protect the people.”

How later courts described this case

  • “Against [a public nuisance], however long continued, the State is bound 21 to protect the people.”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Thornton, J., concurring.

I concur in the judgment, and in the views expressed in the foregoing opinion, except that I think there was evidence that the corporation was known by the name by which it was assessed.

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