Biddle v. Oaks
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the defendant in the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County. McMurtry, J. Petition for hearing in Bank was filed in this case after judgment, and denied.
1Opinion of the Court
Sharpstein, J.:
Section 3469 of the Political Code reads as follows: “ Any property discovered by the Assessor to have escaped the last assessment for the last preceding year, if such property is in the ownership or under the control of the same person who owned or controlled it for such preceding year, may be assessed at double its value.”
If that section be constitutional the demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint was properly sustained, and the judgment entered upon default of the plaintiff to amend must be affirmed. But *96it is urged on behalf of the appellant that this provision of the code is…
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