Reid

Reid v. Groezinger

Good Law
115 Cal. 551·1897 Cal. LEXIS 472·47 P. 374
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJanuary 7, 1897S. F. No. 401California353 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Henshaw, J.

Petitioner tendered to respondent, a justice of the peace of the city and county of San Francisco, the sum of two dollars, and demanded that the justice accept the same as the legal fee for the entry of a judgment, and that he thereupon enter a default judgment in an action commenced in his court. Upon the refusal of the justice, proceedings in mandate were commenced. A general demurrer to the petition having been sustained, this appeal is taken.

Appellant contends that the legal fee for the service demanded is two dollars, under an act entitled “An act to establish the fees of county, township, and other officers, and of jurors and witnesses in this state,” approved March 28, 1895, and that this act is applicable to the city and county of San Francisco. This contention is sound. (Miller v. Curry, 113 Cal. 644 .)

The tender in this case was made to the justice personally, under appellant’s claim that the act of 1895 supersedes all other acts, fixes the fees which justices of the peace may charge and collect, and further provides that they shall retain these fees to their own use. This claim is disposed of by the case of Dwyer v. Parker, ante, p. 544, decided after the appeal…

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