Patten v. Green
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Seventh District. Bill for injunction against the collection of taxes. The injunction was granted after notice. On the trial it was dissolved, and the complaint dismissed. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Bill filed to enjoin the collection of taxes on a tract of land in Sonoma.
Two grounds are mainly insisted on :
1. That the property was so imperfectly described on the assessment roll as to be incapable of identification.
2. That the Board of Equalization increased the valuation of the land taxed, by more than one-half, without notice to the owner.
The facts raising the first of these questions are, that a number of lots in the town of Petaluma were listed and assessed as the property of Appellants, plaintiffs below, by the Assessor of Sonoma County, on the assessment roll of 1858. The lots were…
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