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  • McColgan v. Jones, Hubbard & Donnell, Inc.

    11 Cal. 2d 243 · California Supreme Court · Apr 22, 1938

    (Brown v. Sterling Furniture Co., 175 Cal. 563 [ 166 Pac. 322 ]; Commins v. Guaranty Oil Co., 29 Cal. App. 139 [154 Pac. 882]; Henry v. Lingsweiler, 81 Cal. App. 143 [ 253 Pac. 357 ]; Bengel v. Traeger, 100 Cal. … (See, also, the orders in Bengel v. Traeger, supra; Brown v. Sterling Furniture Co., supra; Finch v. Ekstrom, supra.) In Ferris v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Cooper v. Chamberlin

    78 Cal. 450 · California Supreme Court · Mar 22, 1889

    Afterward the board of supervisors of said county, sitting as a board of equalization, attempted to increase the valuation of said property, and did in form increase the same, by the sum of $20,972.98, making the total valuation … (Wills v. Austin, 53 Cal. 152 ; Bucknall v. Story, 46 Cal. 589 ; 13 Am. Rep. 220 ; De Baker v. Carillo, 52 Cal. 473 ; Brumagim v. Tillinghast, 18 Cal. 265 .)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Carpenter v. Pacific Coast Ins. Assn.

    10 Cal. 2d 304 · California Supreme Court · Nov 27, 1937

    On this issue the case is governed by Carpenter v. Peoples Mutual Life Ins. Co., recently decided by this court {ante, p. 299 [ 74 Pac. (2d) 508 ]). … Code, see. 3664b), and is an obligation of the taxpayer irrespective of the assessment thereof by the board.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • County of Riverside v. Palm-Ramon Development Co.

    63 Cal. 2d 534 · California Supreme Court · Nov 15, 1965

    As declared in De Luz Homes, Inc. v. … Co. v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. v. Chambers

    169 Cal. 131 · California Supreme Court · Jan 8, 1915

    (Sharp v. Contra Costa Co., 34 Cal. 291 ; Smith v. Broderick, 107 Cal. 650 , [ 48 Am. St. Rep. 167 , 40 Pac. 1033 ]; Gilman v. Contra Costa Co., 8 Cal. 57 , [ 68 Am. Dec. 290 and note, p. 297]; Emeric v. … . *136 Dec. 742]; People v. San Joaquin etc. Assoc., 151 Cal. 806 , [ 91 Pac. 740 ].)

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • Wills v. Austin

    53 Cal. 152 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1878

    That section was under review by this Court in the case of Houghton v. … The rule applicable to this point is forcibly stated by Chief Justice Shaw in Warren v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Perry v. Angelus Hospital Association

    172 Cal. 311 · California Supreme Court · Mar 14, 1916

    In front of these rollers there was a flat polished board leading up nearly to the point of contact of the upper and lower rollers, upon which board the articles to be ironed were placed. … Bank v. Pacific Ry. Co., 115 Cal. 285 , 297, [ 47 P. 601 ; Gervaise v. Brookins, 156 Cal. 112 , [ 103 P. 332 ].) The instruction is correct.

    Cited 26 timesPublished
  • Kennedy v. City of Gustine

    199 Cal. 251 · California Supreme Court · Aug 20, 1926

    (Coulter v. Pool, 187 Cal. 181, 186 [ 201 Pac. 120, 123 ]; Logan v. Shields, 190 Cal. 661, 662 [ 214 Pac. 45 ] ; Curtin v. State of California, 61 Cal. App. 377, 390 [ 214 Pac. 1030 ].) … In overruling a like objection in Johnson v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Crane v. Derrick

    157 Cal. 667 · California Supreme Court · May 9, 1910

    In Moulin v. … (Murdock v. Murdock, 7 Cal. 513 ; Friermuth v. Friermuth, 46 Cal. 42 .) And it is emphatically declared in Murdock v.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Carter v. Meuli

    122 Cal. 367 · California Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1898

    In Blood v. Wood, 95 Cal. 86 , it was held that the board could not authorize an individual to collect tolls on a public highway. It is argued that the mode pursued here was a mere evasion. … (Wood v. Truckee, 24 Cal. 474 ; People v. Duncan, 41 Cal. 511 ; Visalia v. Sims, 104 Cal. 328 .) We find, however, that after the assignment the board of supervisors recognized the assignment and required Mrs.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Tuohy v. Chase

    30 Cal. 524 · California Supreme Court · Oct 15, 1866

    .: It is provided in the second section of the Act “to create a Board of Supervisors in the counties of this State and to define their duties and powers,” passed March 20th, 1855, (Acts of 1855, p. 51,) that “ the Board of … (People *527 v. Allen, 6 Wend. 486 ; People v. Peck, 11 Wend. 604 ; Merchant v. Langworthy, 6 Hill, 645 ; Ex parte Heath v. Roome, 3 Hill, 42 .) Judgment affirmed.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Welsh v. County of Plumas

    80 Cal. 338 · California Supreme Court · Sep 3, 1889

    (Rush v. Jackson, 24 Cal. 308 .) … Proc., sec. 731; Conniff v. San Francisco, 67 Cal. 45 .)

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Robinson v. Fair Employment & Housing Commission

    2 Cal. 4th 226 · California Supreme Court · Mar 16, 1992

    (Brown v. Superior Court (1984) 37 Cal.3d 477, 485 [ 208 Cal.Rptr. 724 , 691 P.2d 272 ].) … It has been applied when the government has misled a claimant (see Lerner v. Board of Education (1963) 59 Cal.2d 382 [ 29 Cal.Rptr. 657 , 380 P.2d 97 ]; Tyra v. Board of Police etc.

    Cited 73 timesPublished
  • Ramirez v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INCORPORATED

    101 Cal. Rptr. 2d 199 · California Supreme Court · Oct 18, 2000

    101 Cal.Rptr.2d 199 (2000) 11 P.3d 955 Robert RAMIREZ, III, Respondent, v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INCORPORATED, Appellant. No. S085000. Supreme Court of California. October 18, 2000. … GEORGE, C.J., MOSK, J., KENNARD, J., BAXTER, J., WERDEGAR, J., CHIN, J., and BROWN, J., concur.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Russ Building Partnership v. City & County of San Francisco

    44 Cal. 3d 839 · California Supreme Court · Mar 17, 1988

    Improvement Dist. v. Board of Supervisors (1980) 112 Cal.App.3d 545, 552 [ 169 Cal.Rptr. 391 ].) … Rules of Court, rule 976(d); see Agricultural Labor Relations Board v.

    Cited 44 timesPublished
  • White v. County of San Diego

    26 Cal. 3d 897 · California Supreme Court · Apr 14, 1980

    Words in Allen v. … Harrison v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Canales v. City of Alviso

    3 Cal. 3d 118 · California Supreme Court · Sep 17, 1970

    (Simpson v. … Cipriano v.

    Cited 49 timesPublished
  • Millard v. County of Kern

    147 Cal. 682 · California Supreme Court · Sep 11, 1905

    It appears that the claim was wholly rejected on its first and only presentation to the board. It was therefore unnecessary to present it again. (San Diego v. Riverside, 125 Cal. 499 , [ 58 Pac. 81 ].) 2. … The late case of Tucker v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Carter v. City of Los Angeles

    31 Cal. 2d 341 · California Supreme Court · Jan 20, 1948

    That contention is made for the first time on the present appeal and is based on the decisions in Steen v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners, 26 Cal.2d 716 [ 160 P.2d 816 ], decided in June, 1945, and Tennant v. … (See *350 Livingstone v. MacGillivray, 1 Cal.2d 546, 553 [ 36 P.2d 622 ].) Inquiry into extraneous facts merely to determine motive would not be proper. (Kennedy v. State Personnel Board, 6 Cal.2d 340 [ 57 P.2d 486 ].)

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Fickert v. J. H. Zemansky

    176 Cal. 443 · California Supreme Court · Nov 8, 1917

    In Whitney v. … Co. v. Board of Equalization, 43 Cal. 365 ; People v. Burney, 29 Cal. 459 ; Morley v. Elkins, 37 Cal. 457 ; Central Pac. R. R. Co. v.

    Cited 9 timesPublished

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