Rancho Santa Anita, Inc. v. City of Arcadia

20 Cal.2d 319 (1942)

RANCHO SANTA ANITA, INC., Appellant,

v.

CITY OF ARCADIA (a Municipal Corporation), Respondent.

L. A. No. 16964.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 1, 1942.

Stater & Dawson and Williamson, Hoge, Sargent & Judson for Appellant.

James C. Bone, City Attorney, and Burke, Hickson, Burke & Marshall for Respondent.

J. H. O'Connor, County Counsel, and S. V. O. Prichard, Assistant County Counsel, as Amici Curiae, on behalf of Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

Arcadia, a city of the sixth class, levies and collects its own taxes by virtue of section 871 of the Municipal Corporations Act. (Stats.…