FARLEY'S

LIST OF ATTORNEYS

IN THE

UNITED STATES AND CANADA

1888

CALIFORNIA

Pages 9-10

COMPILED BY F. A. BERLIN, 420 Montgomery, San Francisco, California,

A resident of this State may make an assignment in trust for the benefit of creditors, and a non-resident may in good faith make transfer of property within the State. Notice is given creditors by publication. In insolvency proceedings all claims of persons residing in the State if not presented before final settlement among the creditors, but those residing out of the State are not affected by insolvency if they make no appearance in the insolvency proceedings.

Attachments may issue for securing any judgment that may be obtained in an action upon a contract executed or payable in this State, but defendant may give security for the payment of such judgment and thus release attachment. The plaintiff must file affidavit that the attachment is not sought to delay, hinder or defraud any other creditor, and a bond with securities for at least one-half of the claim must be filed to protect defendant should he recover judgment.

Exemptions. --A homestead consisting of land and dwelling house not exceeding in value $5000; homestead of a single person to extent of $1000 is also exempt; necessary household articles, wearing apparel and provisions for three months; farming utensils or implements of husbandry, two oxen, or two horses or two mules and their harness, one cart or wagon, and food for such oxen, etc., for one month, seed, grain or vegetables for planting or sowing not exceeding $200; seventy-five beehives, the library and instruments of professional and scientific men; tools and implements of artisans, the cabin and dwelling of a miner, not exceeding $500 in value, and necessary to instruments not exceeding in value $500, and miner's claim worked by him and not exceeding $1000 in value; all privileges growing out of any life insurance, if the annual premiums do not exceed $500.

Interest. -- Legal rate seven percent. Any rate allowable by written contract.

Limitation of Actions. -- Two Years. -- Upon all written instruments executed out of the State, on all debts or demands not founded on a writing, and against public officials.

Three Years. -- Trespass to real property, taking, detaining, or for recovery of personal property, or for relief on account of fraud or mistake.

Four Years. -- On written instruments executed in the State.

Five Years. -- For the recovery of lands for any interest therein, or for suit upon judgments.

Judgments. – A superior court judgment from the time it is docketed becomes a lien upon all real property owned by the judgment debtor in the county where the judgment is recorded. A transcript may be filed in any county, when it immediately becomes a lien upon any property that debtor may have in such county, and remains a lien for two years only. A judgment of justices' court filed with recorder also becomes a lien.

Stay of Execution. -- It's is within the power of the court to grant a stay for a reasonable time.

TOWN	POPULATION	COUNTY	ATTORNEY
Adin	215	Modoc
Alameda	5750	Alameda	Edward K. Taylor
Alturus	600	Modoc	Ewing & Claflin
Alvarado	360	Alameda	See Livermore
Amador City	850	Amador	Josiah Gundry
Anaheim	1000	Los Angeles	G. D. Field
Anderson	200	Shasta	See Redding
Angels Camp	350	Calaveras	See Stockton
Antioch	625	Contra Costa	A C. Hartley
Arcata	900	Humboldt	George W. Hopkins
Arroyo Grande	450	San Luis Obispo	See San Luis Obispo
Auburn	1230	Placer	J. E. Prewett
Bakersfield	-- --	Kern	C. C. Cowgill
Batavia	-- --	Solano	See Dixon
Benicia	1800	Solano	See Fairfield
Berkeley	1500	Alameda	D. L. Bishop
Bieber	124	Lassen
Biggs	500	Butte	See Oroville
Big Oak Flat	75	Tuolumne	See Sonora
Bishop Creek	275	Inyo	See Independence
Black Point	50	Marin
Bloomfield	200	Sonoma	See Petaluma
Bodega	175	Sonoma	See Petaluma
Bodie	1500	Mono	C. A. Schuman
Brentwood	-- --	Contra Costa	See Antioch
Calistoga	450	Napa	W. N. Harley
Cambria	1350	San Luis Obispo	B. H. Franklin
Camptonville	350	Yuba	Joseph R. Young
Castroville	500	Monterey	See Monterey
Cedarville	220	Modoc	See Alturus
Centreville	260	Alameda	See Livermore
Chico	3500	Butte	Park Henshaw
Citrus P. O.	-- --	Los Angeles	See Pomona
Cloverdale	530	Sonoma	D. F. Spurr
Colfax	600	Placer	See Auburn
College City	235	Colusa	See Colusa
Colton	850	San Bernardino	Frank F. Oster
Columbia	650	Tuolumne	See Sonora
Colusa	600	Colusa	George A. Blanchard
Compton	-- --	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
Concord	400	Contra Costa	See Martinez
Copperopolis	145	Calaveras	See Sonora
Cottonwood	-- --	Shasta	See Redding
Coulterville	225	Mariposa	See Mariposa
Crescent City	570	Del Norte	W. A. Hamilton
Crockett	75	Contra Costa
Cuffey's Cove	100	Mendocino	See Ukiah
Davisville	440	Yolo	See Sacramento
Del Mar	-- --	San Diego	See San Diego
Diamond Spring	100	El Dorado
Dixon	900	Solano	J. W. Catten
Downey	400	Los Angeles	See Anaheim
Downieville	650	Sierra	Stanley A. Smith
Dutch Flat	940	Placer	J. E. Prewett
Elk Creek	50	Colusa	See Willow
Elk Grove	300	Sacramento	See Sacramento
Elliott	58	San Joaquin	See Stockton
El Monte	350	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
Elsinore	300	San Diego	C. Colton
Escondido	-- --	San Diego
Etna Mills	360	Siskiyou	See Yreka
Eureka	3500	Humboldt	R. B. Dickson
Fairfield	50	Solano	A. J. Buckles
Fall River	120	Shasta
Felton	270	Santa Cruz	See Redwood City
Ferndale	300	Humboldt	P. F. Hart
Folsom City	1000	Sacramento	Frank Estabrook
Forest City	615	Sierra	Charles Heintzen
Fort Jones	300	Siskiyou	Isaac A. Reynolds
Fresno City	2500	Fresno	Stuart S. Wright
Galt	400	Sacramento	See Sacramento
Georgetown	415	Eldorado	E. L. Crawford
Gilroy	1620	Santa Clara	George T. Dunlap
Gold Run	295	Placer	See Dutch Flat
Grafton	360	Yolo	See Woodland
Grass Valley	4451	Nevada	Charles W. Kitts
Grayson	133	Stanislaus	See Modesto
Greenville	400	Plumas	Moses Bull
Gridley	534	Butte	See Oroville
Guadalupe	430	Santa Barbara
Guerneville	500	Sonoma	James Reed Watson
Half-Moon Bay	545	San Mateo	H. S. Pitcher
Hanford	320	Tulare	Dixon L. Phillips
Hayward's	1330	Alameda	G. S. Langan
Healdsburg	1150	Sonoma	J. T. Coffman
Hill's Ferry	160	Stanislaus	See Modesto
Hollister	1050	San Benito	B. B. McCroskey
Hotaling	50	Placer	C. Auburn
Howe	----	San Diego
Hueneme	-- --	Ventura	See San Buena Vista
Hydesville	160	Humboldt	See Ferndale
Independence	280	Inyo	Charles M. Knowles
Inglenook	-- --	Mendocino	See Mendocino
Ione	650	Amador	See Jackson
Iowa City	455	Placer	See Dutch Flat
Irving	245	Alameda
Jackson	1050	Amador	A. C. Brown
Kelseyville	150	Lake	See Lakeport
Kingsburgh	-- --	Fresno	P. R. Kinney
Lakeport	560	Lake	Woods Crawford
La Porte	275	Phinas [Plumas]	See Quincy
La Moore	460	Tulare	See Hanford
Livermoore	2000	Alameda	G. W. Langan
Lockeford	325	San Joaquin	See Stockton
Lodi	600	San Joaquin	W. C. Green
Lompoc	500	Santa Barbara
Los Alamos	-- --	Santa Barbara
Los Angeles	40,000	Los Angeles	L. H. Valentine
Los Gatos	1800	Santa Clara	See San Jose
Lower Lake	355	Lake	See Middletown
Loyalton	85	Sierra	John Hodgess
Lugonia	-- --	San Bernardino	See San Bernardino
Lundy	295	Mono	C. Bodie
Madera	-- --	Fresno	John Charles
Madison	400	Yolo	See Woodland
Mariposa	340	Mariposa	John W. Congdon
Markleville	75	Alpine	S. W. Griffith
Martinez	1150	Contra Costa	Eli R. Chase
Marysville	4320	Yuba	William G. Murphy
Maxwell	250	Colusa	See Colusa
Mayfield	800	Santa Clara	See San Jose
Mendocino	600	Mendocino	James E. Pemberton
Merced	1500	Merced	Samuel C. Bates
Middletown	210	Lake	J. L. Read
Millville	250	Shasta	See Shasta
Mission San Jose	250	Alameda	See Livermore
Modesto	3000	Stanislaus	Schell, Bond & Eastin
Mokelumne	520	Calaveras	W. H. Boucher
Monrovia	-- --	Los Angeles
Monterey	1750	Monterey	W. A. Kearney
Moore's Station	-- --	Butte	See Oroville
Mountain View	250	Santa Clara	See San Jose
Murietta	-- --	San Diego
Napa City	3750	Napa	United Land Association
National City	500	San Diego	See San Diego
Nelson	100	Butte	See Oroville
Nevada City	3350	Nevada	P. F. Simonds
Newark	500	Alameda	See Livermore
Newville	100	Colusa	See Willow
Niles	-- --	Alameda	See Livermore
North Bloomfield	750	Nevada	See Nevada City
North San Juan	650	Nevada	See Grass Valley
Norwalk	180	Los Angeles	See Anaheim
Oakdale	1500	Stanislaus	William S. Kerr
Oakland	50,000	Alameda	See San Francisco
Ocean Side	-- --	San Diego	See San Diego
Ocean View	80	San Francisco	See San Francisco
Olema	100	Marion [Marin]	See San Rafael
Ontario	600	San Bernardino	See Pomona
Orange	-- --	Los Angeles	See Anaheim
Orland	300	Colusa	See Willow
Oroville	1740	Butte	Reardon & Frees
Pacheco	300	Contra Costa	See Martinez
Pasadena	1500	Los Angeles	Canfield & Arthur
Paso Robles	-- --	San Luis Obispo	See San Miguel
Perris	-- --	San Diego	See Colton
Pescadero	330	San Mateo	See San Mateo
Petaluma	4800	Sonoma	William B. Haskell
Placerville	2000	El Dorado	Irwin & Irwin
Plainsburg	200	Merced	See Merced
Pleasanton	600	Alameda	J. R. Palmer
Pomona	1500	Los Angeles	Joy & Summer
Potrero	40	San Diego	See San Diego
Putna Arenas [Point?]	500	Mendocino	See Ukiah
Quincy	430	Plumas	Edmund T. Hogan
Red Bluff	2500	Tehama	Gale & Hitchcock
Redding	800	Shasta	Frisbie & Wiley
Redwood City	1350	San Mateo	George W. Fox
Rio Vista	660	Solano	See Dixon
Riverside	3500	San Bernardino	Thomas B. Stevenson
Rohnerville	500	Humboldt	See Ferndale
Rosamond	-- --	Kern	See Bakersfield
Sacramento	27,000	Sacramento	Clinton L. White
Salenas [Salinas]	2600	Monterey	William R. Parker
San Andreas	600	Calaveras	Reddick & Solinsky
San Bernardino	3400	San Bernardino
San Buenaventura	2500	Ventura	N. C. Bledsoe
San Diego	2600	San Diego	Henderson & McDonald
San Francisco	280,100	San Francisco	F. A. Berlin, 420 Montgomery St
St. Gabriel	625	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
San Jacinto	800	San Diego	See Colton
San Jose	25,000	Santa Clara	J. H. Russell
San Leonora	1500	Alameda	See Haywards
San Luis Obispo	2250	San Luis Obispo	J. M. Wilcoxen
San Luis Rey	295	San Diego	See San Diego
San Mateo	950	San Mateo	Allen T. Bartlett
San Miguel	-- --	San Luis Obispo	G. Webster
San Pedro	-- --	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
San Rafael	2275	Marin	W. F. Dougherty
San Ramon	75	Contra Costa	See Livermore
Santa Ana	2500	Los Angeles	Z. B. West
Santa Barbara	8000	Santa Barbara	R. B. Canfield
Santa Clara	2410	Santa Clara	See San Jose
Santa Cruz	2900	Santa Cruz	Spalsburg & Burke
Santa Maria	150	Santa Barbara	See San Luis Obispo
Santa Monica	500	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
Santa Paula	-- --	Ventura	See San Buena Vista
Santa Rosa	5500	Sonoma	O. H. Hoag
Sauclito [Sausalito]	-- --	Marin
Sawyers Bar	100	Siskiyou	John S. Hughes
Sebastopool [Sebastopol]	200	Sonoma	See Petaluma
Selby	-- --	San Luis Obispo
Selma	200	Fresno	See Fresno City
Shasta	900	Shasta	Frisbie & Wiley
Sierra City	-- --	Sierra	George Wood
Sierra Madre	-- --	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
Sierra Valley	345	Sierra	George Wood
Slide	100	Humboldt	See Ferndale
Smartville	370	Yuba	See Marysville
Somersville	250	Contra Costa	See Antioch
Sonoma	600	Sonoma	George L.Wratten
Sonora	1490	Tuolumne	Edward A. Rodgers
Soquel	350	Santa Cruz	See Redwood City
St. Helena	1500	Napa	George W. Fee
Stockton	14,000	San Joaquin	Joshua B. Webster
Suisun City	550	Solano	See Fairfield
Susanville	645	Lassen	E. R. Dodge
Sutter Creek	1320	Amador	See Jackson
Tehama	330	Tehama	See Red Bluff
Tomales	250	Marin	See San Rafael
Trover	25	Tulare	See Kingsburgh
Trinity Centre	150	Trinity	See Weaverville
Truckee	1145	Nevada	C. F. McGlashan
Tulare	450	Tulare	W. R. Jacobs
Turlock	175	Turlock [Stanislaus]	See Modesto
Ukiah	1300	Mendocino	J. O. White
Vacaville	360	Solano	See Fairfield
Vallejo	6000	Solano	See Fairfield
Visalia	1700	Tulare	W. B. Wallace
Walnut Creek	200	Contra Costa	See Livermore
Watsonville	1800	Santa Cruz	Julius Lee
Weaverville	860	Trinity	J. W. Philbrook
West Berkeley	-- --	Alameda	See Livermore
Wheatland	635	Yuba	See Marysville
Williams	280	Colusa	See Colusa
Willows	730	Colusa	Seth Millington
Wilmington	920	Los Angeles	See Los Angeles
Windsor	120	Sonoma	See Petaluma
Winters	525	Yolo	See Woodland
Woodland	3525	Yolo	F. E. Baker
Yolo	250	Yolo	See Woodland
Yreka	1060	Siskiyou	H. B. Gillis
Yuba City	-- --	Sutter	See Marysville

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