City of Santa Barbara v. Sherman

Citations

• 61 Cal. 57
• 1882 Cal. LEXIS 538

Syllabus

<p>Action to Enforce Penalty for Violation of Ordinance of Municipal Corporation—Civil Action—Penal Action.—In an action in the Police Court of the City of Santa Barbara the complaint, after alleging • the enactment of an ordinance and its violation by the defendants, demanded that they should be adjudged guilty of violating the ordinance and punished by fine and imprisonment.</p> <p>Held: The action is in no sense a civil action. If it be an action it is criminal, and should have been prosecuted in the name of the people.</p>