SPRING VALLEY WATER CO. v. SAN FRANCISCO

No. 211.

246 U.S. 391 (1918)

SPRING VALLEY WATER COMPANY v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ira A. Campbell, with whom Mr. Edward J. McCutchen and Mr. A. Crawford Greene were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Robert M. Searls, with whom Mr. George Lull and Mr. J.F. English were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The sole ground urged for reversal is the invalidity of the assessment (a) because it was not authorized by any statute of the State and (b) because it did not contain a sufficient description of the property assessed, and we come to consider these objections under two headings.

(a) That the assessment was authorized by the following section of the Political...

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