Chapman v. City of Los Angeles

Plaintiff and appellant Grace L. Chapman is, for the purpose of collection, the assignee of three taxpayers and property owners in the City of Los Angeles, who seek the return of moneys required to be paid, and which it is claimed were paid, under an assessment procedure initiated under the provisions of the statutes of 1913, page 954, designated as Act 8205, Deering’s General Laws, and commonly referred to as the 1913 Street Improvement Act. From a judgment in favor of defendant city, this appeal is prosecuted.

In contemplation of the proposed improvement, the assignors of appellant were each…