People v. Holladay

By the Court, Sanderson, C. J.

This is an action to recover delinquent taxes on certain personal property, brought under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature of the 17th of May, 1861. (Statutes of 1861, p. 471.) After stating the title of the action the complaint proceeds as follows:

The plaintiff above named comes, by J. C. Hinckley, District Attorney for said county, and in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature of the State of California, entitled “An Act to legalize and provide for the collection of delinquent taxes in the counties of this State,” approved May 17, 1861, complains *302aga…