City of South San Francisco v. Santa Clara Valley Land Co.

This action was brought by the plaintiff for the foreclosure of certain street assessment liens upon the properties of the defendant, Santa Clara Valley Land Company, situate within the corporate limits of the city of South San Francisco. The complaint alleges the corporate character of the parties to the action; alleges the due adoption on May 1, 1916-, by the board of trustees of said city of a resolution of intention to order certain improvement work to. be done upon and along the streets of said city, describing in detail said work; alleges that on May 29, 1916, the said board of trustees by resolution duly made and adopted ordered said work to be done; alleges that in said resolution of intention, in the notices of passage thereof, in the resolution ordering said work, in the notice inviting sealed bids for the performance of said work, in the resolution awarding the contract -therefor, in the notice of the award of said contract, in the warrant issued to the contractors, and in the notice of filing of the list of unpaid assessments, there was inserted the notice required by the Improvement Act of 1915 (Stats. 1915, p. 1464) with relation to serial bonds. The complaint…