Williams v. Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County

Citations

• 58 Cal. 237

Syllabus

<p>Swamp Land District—Week.—The provision of § 3447, Political Code, that the petition for the formation of a swamp land district “ be published for four weeks next preceding the hearing thereof, ” etc., requires the petition to be published at least once a week, or, in other words, every seven days for that period. Accordingly, where the day fixed for the hearing was the 17th day of June, and the publication was made May 20th, May 27th, June 4th, and June 12th:</p> <p>Held, that the publication was insufficient and that the board did not acquire jurisdiction—there being two intervals of more than seven consecutive days in the publication.</p>