Reclamation District No. 108 v. Evans
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in the Tenth District Court of the County of Colusa. Ketser, J. The action was brought to recover an alleged assessment made by the plaintiff upon certain lands for reclamation purposes, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of three hundred and thirty-two thousand and forty-six dollars.
1Opinion of the Court
The Count :
The point relied upon by the appellant is that the provisions of the Political Code relating to the assessment of lands within reclamation districts are unconstitutional and therefore void. They are said to be unconstitutional because they do not provide for any mode by which a party assessed shall have notice of the proceeding, and an opportunity to object to the amount- charged against his land. Section 3456 pror vides that the Commissioners appointed by the Board of Supervisors “ must view and assess upon the lands situated within the district a charge proportionate to the whole…
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