Case Name: S. R. RANDOLPH v. WM. H. GAWLEY
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 47 Cal. 458
Docket Number: No. 3,118
Parties: S. R. RANDOLPH v. WM. H. GAWLEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 47
Pages: 458–458

Head Matter:
[No. 3,118.]
S. R. RANDOLPH v. WM. H. GAWLEY.
Street Imbkovement. —The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco, must specify in a resolution of intention • to perform work on a street, the work to be done. It is not sufficient to declare its intention to cause certain repairs to be made “where necessary.”
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco.
The plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
JR. P. & Jabish Clement, for the Appellant.
J. C. Bates and O. H. Lane, for the Respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
This is an action to collect a street assessment in the city of San Francisco. The resolution of the Board of Supervisors declaring its intention to improve the street, and the contract with the contractor, described the work to be done as the repairing of a certain portion of Market street, and the intersection of Market and Sacramento streets, "with piles, caps and planks, where necessary, and that the sidewalks thereon be reconstructed, where necessary." We have several times decided that the Board must specify, in the resolution of intention, the work to be done, and that it is not sufficient to declare its intentions to cause certain repairs to be made "where necessary." The contract declared upon was therefore void. (Richardson v. Heydenfeldt, 46 Cal. 68; San Francisco v. Clark, ante, p. 456.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new trial. Remittitur forthwith.
Mr. Justice Rhodes did not express an opinion.