People ex rel. Smith v. Myers

Citations

• 15 Cal. 33

Syllabus

<p>The people of a county are not a corporation, nor can they sue or be sued.</p> <p>A county is a corporation, and is the proper party plaintiff to object to a contract made by the Board of Supervisors for building a jail.</p> <p>When a tax-payer might be plaintiff in such case stated.</p>