May

May v. Board of Directors

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1953 Cal. LEXIS 187·40 Cal. 2d 221·253 P.2d 6
Supreme Court of CaliforniaFebruary 16, 1953Sac. No. 6030California757 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Carter, J.

In a mandamus proceeding instituted in this court by Mary Ruth May, the owner of $5,000 of the $423,000 of bonds issued by the El Camino Irrigation District together with interest coupons, she obtained a writ of mandate ordering the board of directors of the district to levy an assessment on lands in the district to pay her bonds and interest. (May v. Board of Directors, 34 Cal.2d 125 [ 208 P.2d 661 ].)

Since the issuance of said writ, May has filed a petition in this court in that proceeding, designated a petition for relief in aid of writ of mandamus, charging in chief that although the board of directors of the district has levied two assessments, *222 one for a million dollars and the other for something over $100,000, (the amounts being apparently considered by the board as an amount sufficient to pay all of the bonds and interest thereon, the last of which, according to the board, matures in 1954), various steps required by the irrigation district law (Wat. Code, § 20500 et seq.) were not followed, including the failure to equalize the assessments or give notice thereof, complete the computations for the amount of the assessments on each parcel of land or give proper notice…

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