Savings & Loan Society v. City & County of San Francisco

CHIPMAN, C.

Action to recover certain taxes which were paid under protest. In response to a demand made by the assessor of the city and county of San Francisco, plaintiff, between the first Monday of March and the first Monday of July, 1896, returned a verified statement purporting to contain a complete list of all its property, subject to taxation for that fiscal j'-ear. Without requesting a corrected statement requiring plaintiff to appear and testify in regard to the statement returned, the assessor, of his own motion, made an assessment upon the property described in the statement as well…