Spurrier v. Reclamation District No. 17

This is an action brought under the provisions of section 3462 of the Political Code, as amended in 1911 (Stats. 1911, p. 644), by the appellants herein, owners of certain tracts of land in the defendant reclamation district, for the purpose of annulling or canceling all assessments (aggregating the sum of $2,764) upon their lands, which consist of three contiguous tracts having a total area of three hundred and four acres. The assessment levied upon the lands of the appellants involved only levee and protective embankments. Upon the trial judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. An…