Williams v. Corcoran
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, Santa Clara County. The action was brought to recover back a sum of money paid the defendant, as Tax Collector of the County of Santa Clara, under protest. The defendant had judgment on demurrer to the complaint, and the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The Act of March 16th, 1872, to provide for the opening and improving of Santa Clara and Saratoga Avenue, in the County of Santa Clara (Stats. 1871-2, p. 415), provides in the seventh section that, “in addition to the ordinary taxes levied for municipal purposes in the town of Santa Clara, and for county purposes in the County of Santa Clara, there shall be levied for the two years next ensuing after the passage of this Act, upon the real and personal property within the Town of Santa Clara, and upon the real and personal property owned and situate without the limits of said town…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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