Dobyns v. Cheshire

This is an appeal on the judgment roll alone from a judgment against appellant after an order sustaining a demurrer, without leave to amend, to appellant’s petition for a writ of mandamus alleging the illegality of a tax which had been levied by the city of Pasadena. Appellant says “the fundamental problem is whether a tax levy for one year under the Municipal Improvement District Act of 1915 can include delinquencies in the collection for the prior year”. Appellant contends the answer should be a negative one. However, the question is more accurately stated in the following form: Is a tax,…