People of S.F. v. Quackenbush
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Action to recover a street assessment.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. Action to recover a street assessment. Relative to the description of the property the Court found as follows: That on the 17th day of May, A. D. 1871, the Superintendent of Streets, Highways, and Squares of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, did, in his official capacity, and not otherwise, issue an assessment to cover the expenses of the work hereinafter mentioned. That said assessment contained no description of the property sought to be charged, except the following…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
The appeal is from the judgment, and the only question necessary to be considered is, whether the findings support the judgment. It is found by the Court below that the assessment, upon which the proceedings are founded, contained no description of the property sought to be charged, except such as was contained in the “ diagram ”—a copy of which is in the findings. The resolution of intention was for the construction of sidewalks from Turk Street to Grove Street. Now, the diagram, as set forth in the findings, does not show the locality of these streets, or either of them, nor…
2Cited by2 opinions
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