California Supreme Court March 23, 1897, S. F. Nos. 325; 366 (Buswell v. Board of Supervisors of Alameda County)

Henshaw, J.

These are separate appeals by different defendants from the judgment and from the order denying a new trial. They may be considered and disposed of together.

The following facts present, in brief, the matter of plaintiff’s complaint: He is a taxpayer of the county of *352Alameda.