McCann v. Sierra County

Citations

• 7 Cal. 121

Syllabus

<p>The property of a citizen cannot be taken from him for public use, unless ample means of remuneration are provided.</p> <p>Where private property is appropriated to public use by the supervisors of a county, without making provision for paying for the same, such act is illegal, and may be enjoined.</p> <p>The statute providing that no person shall sue a county for any demand, unless the claim has first been presented to the board of supervisors, and been by them rejected, applies as well to actions arising out of tort, as upon contract.</p>