CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. OFFNER

Docket No. L.A. 25841.

55 Cal.2d 103 (1961)

358 P.2d 926

10 Cal. Rptr. 470

THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Petitioner, v. MILTON OFFNER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, Assistant City Attorney, John D. Barrett, John F. Feldmeier, Weldon L. Weber and William F. Powers, Deputy City Attorneys, for Petitioner.

Thomas P. McBride, City Attorney (Concord), William W. Coshow, City Attorney (Redding), Sturgis, Den-Dulk, Douglass & Anderson and Eugene K. Sturgis as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

William Mackenzie Brown and Roscoe R. Hess for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

The city of Los Angeles seeks mandate to compel respondent, secretary of the city's board of public works, to post and publish notices inviting bids for certain sewer construction work authorized by city ordinance pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (as codified in Sts. & Hy. Code, §§ 5000-6794). The ordnance which declares the city council's intention to construct the improvement includes, as part of the proposed special assessment,...

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