People v. Hagar

Citations

• 66 Cal. 59
• 4 P. 951
• 1884 Cal. LEXIS 683

Syllabus

<p>Swamp Land Reclamation—Formation of District—Action to Enforce Assessment—Evidence.—On the hearing of a petition for the formation of a swamp land reclamation district, the board of supervisors have jurisdiction to determine what lands will be benefited by the proposed reclamation, and to include such lands within the district. The trustees are authorized to cause surveys, plans, and estimates of cost to be made, and the commissioners may assess upon each acre of the district a tax proportionate to the whole expense. In an action to enforce the assessment, the court will not admit evidence to show whether a particular parcel of land was in fact benefited, or to what extent.</p>