Pepper

This is a suit to quiet plaintiff’s title to three lots in the city of Los Angeles fronting on Flower street. The defendant in his answer claims a lien upon each lot—upon two for the sum of $75.29 each, and upon the other for the sum of $80.61—under a street assessment for the cost of the improvement of a portion of Flower street. The answer sets up seriatim all the proceedings required by the street improvement act; and in a cross-complaint repeating these allegations, the defendant seeks to foreclose his liens.

It is stipulated and found by the court that all the proceedings for the improvement of the street and assessment of the lots were regular, except the posting of the notices of the contemplated work or improvement on the ground; as to which it is stipulated and found: That the length of the portion of the street improved is four thousand five hundred and eighty-three feet, and the width of the street between curb'lines fifty-six feet; that the number of notices posted was fifty-two in all; and, that they were posted alternately on the east and west sides of the street. It appears, therefore, from the stipulation and findings that the distance between the notices,…