California Supreme Court July 1, 1874, No. 4,488 (Needham v. Thresher)

By the Court:

1. It is unnecessary to consider in this case whether it would have been competent to the Legislature to give to the Act of February 28, 1874, a retrospective operation, so as to constitute the expenses already at that time accrued on the trial of Bennett a charge upon the treasury of the County of San Joaquin.