# People ex rel. Board of State Harbor Commissioners v. Central Wharf Joint Stock Co.

> California Supreme Court · October 8, 1866 · 1 Cal. Unrep. 319

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5452788

## Case

- **Full name:** PEOPLE ex rel. BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS v. THE CENTRAL WHARF JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 8, 1866
- **Citations:** 1 Cal. Unrep. 319
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Sanderson
- **Judges:** Currey, Rhodes, Sanderson, Sawyer, Shafter
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

SANDERSON, J.
That the so-called “legislative assembly of the district of San Francisco” and the ayuntamiento of San Francisco did not possess the power which they exercised, or attempted to exercise in this case, is too obvious for argument. The first was an illegal and unauthorized body and their assumption of legislative functions a usurpation. The confirmation by the ayuntamiento imparted- no validity to the previous grant of the “legislative assembly of the district of San Francisco” for the reason that that body did not itself possess the power to make such a grant and could not therefore confirm and make valid a previous void -grant.
Judgment affirmed.
We concur: Shafter, J.; Rhodes, J.; Currey, C. J.; Sawyer, J.

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