People v. Haggin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment in the Sixteenth District Court, County of Kern. Reed, J. The following is the allegation in the complaint referred to in the opinion: “ That said district is, and has been ever since the 22nd day of December, A. D. 1870, a corporation, to wit, a swamp land district, created, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, and is and has been ever since said 22nd day of December, A. D. 1870, or thereabouts, a defacto…
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Appeal from a judgment in the Sixteenth District Court, County of Kern. Reed, J. The following is the allegation in the complaint referred to in the opinion: “ That said district is, and has been ever since the 22nd day of December, A. D. 1870, a corporation, to wit, a swamp land district, created, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, and is and has been ever since said 22nd day of December, A. D. 1870, or thereabouts, a defacto corporation, to wit, a swamp land district, claiming in good faith to be a corporation and a swamp land district under…
1Opinion of the Court
Thornton, J.:
This action was brought to enforce the lien of an assessment upon certain lands alleged to have been made for their reclamation. The complaint was demurred to upon the ground, among others, that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The Court below sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiff declining to amend, judgment was rendered for defendants. From this judgment plaintiff appealed.
On the argument it was contended that the complaint was defective in its averments as to the publication of the petition presented to the Board of Supervisors of Kern…
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