Union Paving & Contracting Co. v. McGovern

Action upon a street assessment.

1. Within ten days after the publication and posting of the notice of the improvement, the owners of a majority of the frontage upon the work delivered to the clerk of the board of supervisors written objections to the same. No further steps were taken until the expiration of six months, when the board of supervisors ordered the work to be done without again passing a resolution of intention therefor. Under the rule declared in City Street Imp. Co. v. Babcock, 123 Cal. 305, the proceedings in relation to doing the work were without authority, and no lien was…