People v. Frisbie
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh District. Suit for delinquent taxes in Contra Costa, under the Act of April 8th, 1861. The complaint avers, that defendants are indebted to plaintiffs three hundred and thirty-five dollars, due and owing for taxes, levied as follows : “ For State tax, levied in the year 1860, sixty cents on each one hundred dollars.................. $69 45 “ Tax for county General Fund, levied in the year 1860, fifty cents on each one hundred dollars.... 57 88.” [Then…
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Appeal from the Seventh District. Suit for delinquent taxes in Contra Costa, under the Act of April 8th, 1861. The complaint avers, that defendants are indebted to plaintiffs three hundred and thirty-five dollars, due and owing for taxes, levied as follows : “ For State tax, levied in the year 1860, sixty cents on each one hundred dollars.................. $69 45 “ Tax for county General Fund, levied in the year 1860, fifty cents on each one hundred dollars.... 57 88.” [Then follow five similar items, showing the tax for the different county funds, as “ Sinking,” “ School,” “ Road,” etc., and…
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
Field, C. J. concurring.
This is a suit brought under the provisions of an act passed in April, 1861, to provide for the collection of delinquent taxes in the county of Contra Costa, etc. The case of the People v. Seymour (16 Cal. 332) is decisive of the right of the plaintiffs to maintain the action; and the complaint contains all the allegations necessary to entitle them to recover. The defendants interposed, separate defenses, but Castro alone filed an answer ; Frisbie, relying upon a demurrer to the complaint, declined to make any other defense. On a trial of the issue as between the…
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