Opinion

California Cigarette Concessions, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

  • 53 Cal. 2d 865
  • 3 Cal. Rptr. 675
  • 350 P.2d 715
  • 1960 Cal. LEXIS 261
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Mar 30, 1960
Status
Published
Author
McComb
On the bench
McComb, Spence
Cited by
61 cases

“It must be presumed that 27 16 1 plaintiff’s attorney knew of the charter provision that a claim was deemed rejected after 90 days, 2 and knew that authority to approve or reject the claim was vested in the city council rather than the 3 city clerk, who could merely make a recommendation.”

How later courts described this case

  • “It must be presumed that 27 16 1 plaintiff’s attorney knew of the charter provision that a claim was deemed rejected after 90 days, 2 and knew that authority to approve or reject the claim was vested in the city council rather than the 3 city clerk, who could merely make a recommendation.”
  • counsel is presumed to know the statute of limitations for filing claims

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

McCOMB, J.

I dissent. I would affirm the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice Pourt in the opinion prepared by him for the District Court of Appeal (Cal.App.), 343 P.2d 130 .

Schauer, J., concurred.

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