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JAYNES v. STOCKTON

Docket No. 6547.

193 Cal.App.2d 47 (1961)

14 Cal. Rptr. 49

BARBARA JAYNES et al., Appellants, v. JESSE D. STOCKTON, Individually and as Kern County Superintendent of Schools, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District.

June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Farrer & Burrill for Appellants.

Roy Gargano, County Counsel, and Rex R. Mull, Chief Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Robert M. Wash, County Counsel (Fresno), E. Warren McGuire, County Counsel (Marin), Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), Stephen K. Tamura, County Counsel (Orange), John B. Heinrich, County Counsel (Sacramento), Stanford D. Herlick, County Counsel (San Bernardino), Spencer M. Williams, County Counsel (Santa Clara), William H. Card, County Counsel (Santa Cruz), and Calvin E. Baldwin, County Counsel (Tulare), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

COUGHLIN, J.

The issue on appeal in this case is whether a school district is authorized to employ a private attorney to advise its board of trustees respecting a specific school problem when the services of the county counsel are available to them for this purpose.

Appellant Jaynes is the assignee of a claim for legal services furnished appellant Elk Hills School District by a firm of attorneys, pursuant to a contract between them and the district. In executing...

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