Cooper v. Chamberlin

This action is to recover $2,742.99, paid by plaintiff to defendant, tax collector of Monterey County, for what plaintiff claims to have been unlawfully demanded for delinquent taxes.

The plaintiff alleges that he was the owner of certain tracts of land in said county, all of which are described in the complaint by metes and bounds, and proper designation.

For the fiscal year 1883-84 the assessor of said county undertook to assess and to list, and in form listed and set down, said land in an assessment-book, and valued the same in gross at $141,402.02. Said assessor undertook to levy against,…