McPhee

Plaintiff is the owner of certain lands in Yolo County. She is seeking to free these lands from the lien of assessments levied by the defendant Reclamation District No. 765. Her contention is that the proceedings leading up to the attempted formation of said district were void for want of jurisdictional prerequisites. A proceeding in quo warranto has been instituted in the name of the people of the state against said district to test its right to corporate existence. The present action is one in equity, and is brought to enjoin the enforcement of the assessment liens until the conclusion of the quo warranto proceedings shall have determined whether or not there is a reclamation district authorized to levy assessments.

The court below sustained a demurrer to the amended complaint, and, the plaintiff declining to amend further, judgment was entered in favor of defendants. Prom this judgment the plaintiff appeals.

The amended complaint begins by setting forth the steps taken in the attempt to form Reclamation District No. 765. We need not undertake to state these matters in detail. It is enough to say that'there was a failure to publish the petition for the organization of the…