City Street Improvement Co. v. Babcock

Citations

• 6 Cal. Unrep. 910
• 68 P. 584
• 1902 Cal. LEXIS 901

Syllabus

<p>Street Improvement.—In an Action on a Street Assessment, the court found that the board of supervisors did not duly pass a resolution ordering the work to be done, instead of finding the facts from which it might appear that the resolution was not duly passed. Held, sufficient.</p> <p>Street Improvement—Objection.—The Street Improvement Act requires (Stats. 1891, p. 196, see. 3) that a written objection, intended to delay proceedings for an improvement, and required to be made within a specified time, “shall be delivered to the clerk of the city council who shall indorse thereon the date of its reception by him.” Held, that the efficacy of such objection was dependent as much on the indorsement authenticated by the clerk’s signature as on the delivery thereof, and that mere delivery was not enough.</p>