City of Stockton v. Whitmore
California Supreme Court
Appear from the District Court, Fifth Judicial District, County of San Joaquin. Action to enforce a lien on lot-eleven, block two hundred and seventy, for an assessment for improving a street in the city of Stockton. The defendant recovered judgment and the plaintiff appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The action is to recover an assessment for street-work in the city of Stockton. Section 26 of the act of March 27, 1872, to reincorporate the city of Stockton, prescribes the method by which the city council acquires jurisdiction to order such work to be done; and it is therein provided that when the council shall deem it expedient to cause any such work to be done, it shall cause a survey and estimates of the proposed work to be made, “and a time fixed for the hearing upon such propositions. All parties in interest shall be notified of the time and place of such hearing, either…
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