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  • Lindenbaum v. Barbour

    213 Cal. 277 · California Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1931

    (Keyes v. Hawley, 100 Cal. App. 53 [ 279 Pac. 674 ]; Lipp v. Moon, 100 Cal. App. 618 [ 280 Pac. 710 ]; Enz v. Johns, 112 Cal. App. 1 [ 296 Pac. 115 ]; Couchman v. Smelling, 111 Cal. App. 192 [ 295 Pac. 845 ].) … R 1172, 192 Pac. 442 ], and reaffirmed in Atlas Mixed Mortar Co. v.

    Cited 22 timesPublished
  • Ede v. Cogswell

    79 Cal. 278 · California Supreme Court · May 27, 1889

    The case of German Savings Bank v. County of Franklin, 128 U. S. 526 , cited by the appellants, differs in many respects from the case at bar.” (Oakland Paving Co. v. Barstow, ante, p. 45.) … It seems to give the board of supervisors full discretionary power to order what part should be graded in one or more contracts at a time.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • People ex rel. Attorney General v. Provines

    34 Cal. 520 · California Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1868

    The first case is that of Burgoyne v. The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Francisco, 5 Cal. 19 . … So the rule in Burgoyne’s Case was modified so as not to include Boards of Supervisors. The next case is that of The People v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Monterey Peninsula Airport District v. Mason

    19 Cal. 2d 446 · California Supreme Court · Feb 6, 1942

    the district to certain “Acquisition and Improvement Bonds, Issue of 1942,” as authorized and directed by resolution of the board. … This was recognized in the case of American River Flood Control District v. Sweet, 214 Cal. 778 [ 7 Pac. (2d) 1030 ], which presented a situation and problem analogous to those here presented.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • County of San Bernardino v. Simmons

    46 Cal. 2d 394 · California Supreme Court · Apr 27, 1956

    If the person receiving aid has within the State, a spouse or adult child found by the board of supervisors pecuniarily able to support said person, the board of supervisors shall request the district attorney ... to proceed … State Board of Social Welfare (1947), 82 Cal.App.2d 627, 632 [ 186 P.2d 429 ], a case which contains statements upon which, as will appear, doubt was cast by County of Contra Costa v.

    Cited 19 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
  • Lewis v. State Bar

    9 Cal. 3d 704 · California Supreme Court · Jul 16, 1973

    Petitioner has the burden in this proceeding to show that the findings of the disciplinary board are not supported by the evidence or that its recommendation is erroneous or unlawful. (Eschwig v. … As said in Clark v.

    Cited 38 timesPublished

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