Barber v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 42 Cal. 630

Syllabus

<p>San Francisco Street Law—Petition on Appeal to Supervisors.— Where a petition on appeal to the Supervisors of San Francisco, from a street assessment, based upon the ground that petitioners did the work in front of their premises in time, and were not allowed therefor, omitted to show that petitioners had obtained the certificate from the Surveyor required by law (Stats. 1867-8, p. 361, Sec. 8, Subd. 11); held, that such petition was not bad on account of such omission, or insufficient to give the Board jurisdiction.</p> <p>Statement oe Objections to Street Assessment on Appeal to Supervisors.—The San Francisco street law of 1863, in providing for an appeal to the Board of Supervisors (Stats. 1863, p. 530, Sec. 12), does not exact from persons objecting to an assessment the same strictness and precision, in stating their objections, which would be required in a pleading at common law.</p> <p>Bight to Hear Appeal Includes Power to Determine It.—In case of an appeal to Supervisors, provided for by law, where the proceedings are sufficient to give them a right to hear it, such right necessarily includes the power to determine it.</p> <p>On Certiorari, only Jurisdictional Matters in Question.—Where a Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction of a proceeding, and acts upon it, any error it may commit in its conclusions as to facts, not affecting its jurisdiction, cannot be reviewed on certiorari.</p>