Beckett v. Morse

Action upon a street assessment in the city of Oakland. Judgment was rendered in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiff has appealed therefrom upon the judgment-roll without any bill of exceptions. The complaint is in the ordinary form and sets forth all the facts necessary to entitle the plaintiff to recover judgment. The court found that, with the exception of certain facts specifically found upon issues raised by the answer of the defendants, all of the facts alleged in the complaint are true.

1. In their answer to the complaint the defendants allege that the city council did not, by…