SPEISER v. RANDALL

Docket Nos. S.F. 19322, 19323.

48 Cal.2d 903 (1957)

311 P.2d 546

LAWRENCE SPEISER, Respondent, v. JUSTIN A. RANDALL, as Assessor, etc., Appellant. LAWRENCE SPEISER, Respondent, v. MARY ELLEN FOLEY, as Assessor, etc., Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis W. Collins, District Attorney (Contra Costa), Thomas F. McBride, Assistant District Attorney, George W. McClure, Deputy District Attorney, and Clifford C. Anglim, City Attorney (El Cerrito), for Appellants.

Lawrence Speiser, in pro. per., and Joseph Landisman for Respondent.

Charles E. Beardsley and Stanley A. Weigel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


SHENK, J.

This is an appeal by the defendants from a single judgment in two consolidated cases in which the common plaintiff, Lawrence Speiser, sought declaratory relief against the assessors of the county of Contra Costa and the city of El Cerrito located in that county to the effect that section 19 of article XX of the Constitution and section 32 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are invalid and that he is entitled to the...

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