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City of Stockton v. Dunham

Supreme Court of California
Nov 1, 1881
59 Cal. 608 (Cal. 1881)

Opinion

         Department One

         Appeal from a judgment for the defendants in the Fifth District Court of the County of San Joaquin, Booker, J., and from an order denying a new trial in the Superior Court of said County.

         COUNSEL

          Stanton L. Carter, for Appellant.

          J. A. Louttit, for Respondents.


         OPINION          The Court:

         This action was brought to enforce a lien for a street assessment. The lots were assessed to " Shubal Dunham and unknown." The complaint alleges that " defendant Shubal Dunham, at and before the date of said assessment, and the presentation thereof to said council, was, and still is, the owner and in possession of * * * and there is duly assessed in his name on the said assessment list," the lots mentioned in the complaint. The ruling of the Court in sustaining the objection to admitting the assessment in evidence was correct. The question involved in this case has been frequently before this Court. It ought, at this day, to be unnecessary to refer assessors to the rule laid down by this Court in Himmelman v. Steiner , 38 Cal. 175.

         Judgment and order affirmed.


Summaries of

City of Stockton v. Dunham

Supreme Court of California
Nov 1, 1881
59 Cal. 608 (Cal. 1881)
Case details for

City of Stockton v. Dunham

Case Details

Full title:THE CITY OF STOCKTON v. S. DUNHAM

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Nov 1, 1881

Citations

59 Cal. 608 (Cal. 1881)

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