Lent v. Tillson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This suit, which was commenced April 5, 1879, arises out of an act of the legislature of California, approved March 23, 1876, entitled “An act to authorize the widening of Dupont Street in the city of San Francisco.” An assessment was made to meet the cost incurred in its execution.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. The case, as stated by the court, was as follows: This suit, which was commenced April 5, 1879, arises out of an act of the legislature of California, approved March 23, 1876, entitled “An act to authorize the widening of Dupont Street in the city of San Francisco.” An assessment was made to meet the cost incurred in its execution. Provision was made in the act to issue and sell bonds to meet such cost in the first instance, and for the levy of an annual tax on the lands benefited, in proportion' to benefits, to pay the interest on the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, under its order, made his certificate to the effect that in this suit and appeal there was drawn in question the validity of the above act of March 23, 1876, and the authority exercised and the proceedings taken under it, on the ground that the statute and said authority and proceedings were repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and that the decision of that court was in favor of their validity.-'
The provisions of the statute, to which we have referred, sufficiently indicate its scope and effect,…
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