Henne v. County of Los Angeles

The court below sustained defendant’s demurrer to the complaint, and, the plaintiff declining to amend, judgment was entered thereon in favor of defendant, and the question presented on this appeal is as to the sufficiency of the complaint.

Among other things, it is alleged that the plaintiff is the owner of certain property in the city of Los Angeles known as the Henne block, and that for the fiscal year 1888-89 the assessor of Los Angeles county assessed said property for the sum of ninety-six thousand five hundred and thirty dollars. It is also alleged that on the first day of March, 1898,…