City of Los Angeles v. Board of Supervisors

This cause is before us upon the appellant’s appeal from the judgment of the trial court denying a writ of mandate in an action wherein the appellant sought the order of the court requiring the Board of Supervisors of Mono County to direct the cancellation of certain tax assessments, etc., under the provisions of section 3804a of the Political Code. The taxes referred to were levied for the years 1916-17 upon lands belonging to the appellant, situate in Mono County. The cause was originally begun in Mono County and transferred for trial to the county of Nevada.

The facts admitted by the pleadings and found by the court are in substance as follows: That on the first Monday in March, 1916, and prior thereto, the City of Los Angeles was the owner of certain lands in Mono County described in the petition and designated as “Long Valley Lands” and “River Channel Lands”. The lands were acquired from the United States by purchase under the acts of Congress approved April 24, 1820, and June 30, 1906, the latter act being entitled, “An Act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to sell to the City of Los Angeles certain public lands situate in the State of California.”…