People ex rel. Dean v. Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County

Citations

• 122 Cal. 421
• 55 P. 131
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 601

Syllabus

<p>Franchise—Action in Granting is Legislative.—Certiorari.—Action taken by a board, of supervisors in granting a franchise, in pursuance of the act of March 23, 1893, is purely legislative, and not judicial or quasi judicial, and its correctness cannot be reviewed on certiorari.</p> <p>Id.—Wharf—Act of March 23, 1893.—The granting of a franchise to construct and maintain a wharf is within the purview of the act of March 23, 1893, establishing the conditions upon which franchises and other privileges may be granted.</p> <p>Id.—Political Code.—After the taking effect of the ant of March 23, 1893, the granting of franchises by boards of supervisors was governed by its provisions, and not by the provisions of the Political Code.</p>