Dean v. Davis
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Tenth Judicial District, County of Sutter. The complaint did not aver that the enforcement of the assessment would lead to a multiplicity of suits, or produce irreparable injury, or throw a cloud upon the title of the complainant, or that an effort had been made to collect the tax. The other facts are- stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
Levee District No. 5 was organized under the act of March 25, 1868, entitled “ An Act to provide for the protection of certain lands in the county of Sutter from overflow” (Stats. 1867-8, 316), and the plaintiff, being the owner of certain lands within the district, Avhich have been assessed for reclamation purposes, brings this action against the reclamation fund commissioners and the county auditor and treasurer, to cancel the assessment, and for a perpetual injunction restraining its collection. The court beIoav sustained a general demurrer to the complaint, and…
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