Wilson v. Supervisors of Sutter County
California Supreme Court
Certiorari to the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County. Levee District No. 1, Sutter County, was organized under and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of certain lands in the county of Sutter from overflow,” approved March 25th, A. d. 1868, and consists of a large tract of land of said county, which is particularly described in said act of the Legislature.
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Certiorari to the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County. Levee District No. 1, Sutter County, was organized under and by virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of certain lands in the county of Sutter from overflow,” approved March 25th, A. d. 1868, and consists of a large tract of land of said county, which is particularly described in said act of the Legislature. In 1868, an election was held in said district, in compliance with the third section of said act, at which a majority of the votes cast were in favor of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court:
The order brought up for review by the writ of certiorari purports to have been made under the latter portion of section 20 of the act of March 25th, 1868 (Stat. 1867-8, p. 316), entitled “An Act to provide for the protection of certain lands in the county of Sutter from overflow.” The section is as follows: “ Sec. 20. The Board of Supervisors are hereby authorized and required to remit the taxes on all the property left between Feather river and the levee or embankment in District No. 1; and said Board in their discretion and-for good cause shown, shall remit such other tax in…
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