Stern v. Howell

1. “Payments of taxes or other claims, made through ignorance of the law, or where the facts are all known, and there is no misplaced confidence and no artifice, deception, or fraudulent practice used by the other party, are deemed voluntary, and can not be recovered back, unless made under an urgent- and immediate necessity therefor, or to release person or property from detention, or to prevent an immediate seizure of person or property.” Civil Code (1910), § 4317.

2. Even where money is paid under a mistake of fact, or in ignorance of facts, it can not be recovered, unless the circumstances…