Ludy v. Colusa County

Citations

• 5 Cal. Unrep. 99
• 41 P. 300
• 1895 Cal. LEXIS 1193

Syllabus

<p>Road Overseer—Authority to Do Work.—Under political Code, section 2645, providing that road overseers, under the direction and supervision of the road commissioners, and pursuant to orders of the board of supervisors, must take charge of the highways in their districts, and shall employ the necessary help and keep the highways in good repair, the order of the road commissioner of a district is sufficient authority for the overseer to have repairs done on the road and materials furnished therefor.</p> <p>A Road Overseer has Sufficient Authority to Make Repairs on roads and obtain material therefor, he having kept within the directions of the road commissioner, who, speaking to him in reference to work on the roads, told him not to work in excess of the funds of the district.</p>