People v. Maxfield

The state claims the rents which it charges were received from certain real estate during the period between the dates of tax deeds made by the county of Los Angeles because of tax delinquencies, and the times of redemptions of the properties. A demurrer to the state’s complaint was sustained without leave to amend, and the appeal from the judgment which followed this ruling presents for decision only the question of law which concerns the construction to be given the applicable statutory provisions.

The amended complaint alleges that on July 1,1943, certain parcels of land were conveyed by…