Colusa County v. De Jarnett

California Supreme Court
Colusa County v. De Jarnett, 55 Cal. 373 (Cal. 1880)
Bench, From

Colusa County v. De Jarnett

Opinion of the Court

By the Court, (from the Bench) :

The action was brought to restrain defendant, as County Auditor of Colusa County, from issuing a warrant in favor of W. G. Dyas, upon a claim in his favor, which had been allowed against the county for legal services rendered by him in behalf of the county, in an action to which it was a party. No contest was made against the claim itself. When the Board of Supervisors of the county allowed it, they acted as a quasi-judicial body, and their allowance and settlement was an adjudication of the claim, which is conclusive. (Subd. 12, § 4066, Pol. Code.)

There is nothing in the complaint to authorize the interposition of a Court of Equity, and we are of the opinion that the Court below properly sustained the demurrer to the complaint.

Judgment affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
COLUSA COUNTY v. DE JARNETT
Cited By
14 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Boaiíd oi' Suraatvisons—Claim Against County—Injunction.—The Board of Supervisors, in passing upon a claim against the county, act as a qitasijudicial liody, and their allowance and settlement of the claim is an adjudication, which is conclusive.