Legal Opinion
Spreckels v. City & County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 20, 1926No. Docket No. 5210PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCashin, J.
An action to recover taxes paid under protest, it being alleged as the ground for recovery that the levy was in contravention of the provisions of the charter of the City and County of San Francisco restricting the taxing power of the municipality.
Section 11, chapter 1 of article III of the charter at the time of the levy provided that, exclusive of certain special taxes, the tax levy for any year “shall not exceed the rate of one dollar to each one hundred dollars valuation of the property assessed,” this provision being qualified by the provisions of section 13 of the same chapter, which…
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