Case Name: PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN E. BUNNELL v. J. S. HAGER
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1860-11-14
Citations: 1 Cal. Unrep. 92
Docket Number: No. 2973
Parties: PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN E. BUNNELL v. J. S. HAGER.
Judges: iWe concur: Field, C. J.; Cope, J.
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 92–93

Head Matter:
PEOPLE ex rel. JOHN E. BUNNELL v. J. S. HAGER.
No. 2973;
November 14, 1860.
Taxation. — Where a Default Judgment is given for, among other things, taxes levied without authority, the supreme court will remand the case.
APPEAL from Fourth Judicial District, San Francisco County.

Opinion:
BALDWIN, J.
The judgment by default in this case is erroneous. The judgment is for, among other things, contingent tax, and, for the year 1859, for building tax levied by the board of supervisors. We have been referred to no authority for levying these items, and yet judgment is given for them. The judgment so far is wholly unauthorized, the complaint showing no cause of action as to those items. As judgment was rendered in the absence of defendants, we think it best to remand the ease that he may set up his defense, if he has any, except as above indicated.
So ordered.
iWe concur: Field, C. J.; Cope, J.