Cocke v. Hendley

Citations

• 18 Cal. 369
• 1861 Cal. LEXIS 197

Syllabus

<p>The eleventh section of the Act of March 20th, 1860, to fund the debt of Sonoma county reads as follows : “ If in the exchange of warrants for bonds, in accordance with this act, it shall happen that any person shall have a fractional sum less than the amount of bonds authorized to bb issued by this act, the County Treasurer shall issue to the holder thereof a certificate for such fractional sum; and upon presentation of the same to the County Auditor he shall draw a warrant on the County Treasurer for the amount so certified.” The act makes no provision for payment of warrants drawn under this section : Held, that such warrants are to be paid in accordance with the provisions of the General Act of 1850, concerning the office of County Treasurer.</p>