Bisagno

Williams v. Bisagno

Good Law
1893 Cal. LEXIS 1101·4 Cal. Unrep. 305·34 P. 640
Supreme Court of CaliforniaOctober 18, 1893No. 14,271California1,371 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Haynes, J.

This action was brought by Magary against the appellants to enforce a street assessment. He obtained *306 judgment in the superior court, and defendants appeal from the judgment, and an order denying their motion for a new trial. After the appeal was taken, Magary died, and his administrator, C. B. Williams, was substituted in this court. Upon their motion for a new trial, appellants specified three particulars in which they claimed the evidence was insufficient to justify the decision, namely: (1) It appeared from the evidence that the plans and specifications were not in accordance with the resolution of intention, in that they included grading, which work was not included in said resolution of intention. (2) The contract embraced work not within said resolution of intention, namely, the grading of said street. (3) The notice of said work, as posted, did not comply with the law, in that the letters were not an inch long, and said notice was not posted in two or more places. The only error of law specified is that “the court should have decided in favor of defendants.”

The resolution of intention was to order Washington street paved with basalt blocks of the dimensions required…

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