People ex rel. Hart v. Johnson
Citations
- 17 Cal. 305
Syllabus
<p>Where the law creating the county of Fresno provided that the County Judge to be elected “ shall receive for his services such sum annually as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors, not to exceed $3,000, to be paid,” etc.: Held, that the Legislature did not by this clause fix the salary of the Judge ; and that mandamus for $500—the difference between the $3,000 and $2,500, fixed by the Board some six weeks after relator’s election, as the annual compensation of the Judge—does not lie.</p>
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- recognizing that municipal corporations act in dual capacities, “exercising powers pertaining not only to their delegated sovereignty, but powers of ministerial or proprietary in character.”
- recognizing that municipal corporations act in dual capacities, “exercising powers pertaining not only to their delegated sovereignty, but powers of ministerial or proprietary in character.”
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Judges: Baldwin
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