Alberts v. Board of Supervisors

This is an appeal from a judgment denying relief against allegedly discriminatory assessments for the 1959-60 fiscal year on residential lands owned by the 105 appellants in San Mateo County. The action was brought in the court below upon the theory that the failure of completion of the reappraisal of the entire county was a discriminatory assessment practice. Relief was sought in the alternative as follows: (1) writ of mandate compelling the board of equalization to order the assessor to reduce the assertedly discriminatory assessments to the level existing prior to the increase; and…