White v. City of Alameda

Citations

• 124 Cal. 95
• 56 P. 795
• 1899 Cal. LEXIS 947

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Hiring of Driver—Monthly Salary—Office—Master and Servant.—I'he hiring of a driver of a street wagon belonging to a city, at a monthly salary, for no specified period, by virtue of a resolution passed by the city trustees, does not create an office which continues, without regard to service, until the resolution is rescinded or changed, but creates only the relation of master and servant, under a salary to be paid monthly when the service is performed, and not unless it is performed.</p>