Correas v. City of San Francisco

California Supreme Court Jun 15, 1851Published

Before: Bernett

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Holding. The City of San Francisco is not liable for damages resulting from the destruction of a building ordered by the mayor during a fire.

Issues

Whether the city is liable for damages caused by the mayor's order to pull down a building during a fire.

Disposition. reversed

Quotations verified verbatim against the opinion

“the city was not liable for a similar act of the Alcalde. The principle there decided controls this case, and the judgment should, consequently, be reversed.”

By the Court,

BerNett, J. This action was brought to recover damages sustained from the pulling down of a building by order of the mayor during the raging of a fire. We held in the case of Dunbar v. The Ayuntamiento of San Francisco that the city was not liable for a similar act of the Alcalde. The principle there decided controls this case, and the judgment should, consequently, be reversed.

Ordered accordingly.

Correas v. City of San Francisco

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