Southwick v. City of Santa Barbara

This case involves the question of the validity of certain proceedings for the doing of street work in the city of Santa Barbara had under the act of February 26, 1901, known as “The Local Improvement Act of 1901” (Stats. 1901, p. 34). It is an action by certain property-owners assessed for the contemplated street improvements to enjoin the further carrying on of the proceedings on the ground that because of alleged failures to comply with certain provisions of the statute, the assessment made for the improvement is void. A portion of plaintiffs’ complaint was stricken out on motion of…