Bainbridge v. County of Riverside

STONE, J. pro tem. *

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ second amended complaint. The plaintiffs Bainbridge and Watkins were engaged in a joint busi ness venture, one of its purposes being to move houses from Oceanside, San Diego County, to land located in an unincorporated territory of Riverside County. Prior to the beginning of the business venture by the plaintiffs the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County enacted an ordinance requiring the payment of a license tax of $50 for each house moved onto land in an unincorporated area. Plaintiff Bainbridge paid under…