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Brooks v. Satterlee

Supreme Court of California
Oct 1, 1874
49 Cal. 289 (Cal. 1874)

Opinion

         Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco.

         Action to recover an assessment levied on a lot at the southwesterly corner of Washington and Franklin streets, San Francisco, under a contract for improving the street, let under the Acts of April 25, 1862, April 25, 1863, and Acts supplementary thereto. The defendant recovered judgment and the plaintiff appealed.

         COUNSEL

          Parker & Roche, for the Appellant.

         D. H. Whittemore, for the Respondent.


         JUDGES: Niles, J. Mr. Justice Rhodes dissented.

         OPINION

          NILES, Judge

         The notice inviting sealed proposals was posted on the 4th of August, 1868, and after the opening of the office of the Superintendent of Public Streets on that day, and contained the announcement that no bids would be received after August 8, 1858, at 4 o'clock p. m. In accordance with our construction of the statute in Himmelmann v. Cahn, ante p. 285, this was not a posting for the full period of five days, as required by law.

         Judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

Brooks v. Satterlee

Supreme Court of California
Oct 1, 1874
49 Cal. 289 (Cal. 1874)
Case details for

Brooks v. Satterlee

Case Details

Full title:S. S. BROOKS v. JOHN SATTERLEE

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Oct 1, 1874

Citations

49 Cal. 289 (Cal. 1874)

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