Strauss v. Board of Supervisors

KINCAID, J. pro tem.*

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles denying a peremptory writ of mandate sought by appellants herein.

The judgment in effect sustained the determination of the respondent board of supervisors that written protests to the proposed incorporation of the city of Hidden Hills had been filed, signed by owners representing 51 per cent or more of the total assessed valuation of the land within the proposed boundaries; that the board was, therefore, without jurisdiction, and that the proceeding for the incorporation be abandoned.

The…