California Supreme Court, 1851

Correas v. City of San Francisco

Correas v. City of San Francisco
California Supreme Court · Decided June 15, 1851 · Bernett
1 Cal. 452
Correas v. City of San Francisco

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Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

BerNett, J.

This action was brought to recover damages sustained from the pulling down of a building by order of the mayor during the raging of a fire. We held in the case of Dunbar v. The Ayuntamiento of San Francisco that the city was not liable for a similar act of the Alcalde. The principle there decided controls this case, and the judgment should, consequently, be reversed.

Ordered accordingly.

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