Case Name: P. GATELY, Respondent, v. WILLIAM LEVISTON et al., Appellants
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1883-05-08
Citations: 63 Cal. 365
Docket Number: 
Parties: P. GATELY, Respondent, v. WILLIAM LEVISTON et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 365–366

Head Matter:
[Department Two.
May 8, 1883.]
P. GATELY, Respondent, v. WILLIAM LEVISTON et al., Appellants.
Stbeet Assessment—Jubisdiction oe the Boabd oe Sbpebvisobs.—An assessment for grading the crossing of two streets in the city and county of San Francisco, held to be invalid for want of jurisdiction in the board of supervisors to order the work without a petition from the property owners, or a recommendation by the superintendent of streets.
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and from an order refusing a new trial.
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
B. S. Brooks, and Wm. Leviston, for Appellants.
J. M. Wood, and J. C. Bates, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Sharpstein, J.
Action upon a street assessment for grading the crossing of Broadway and Gough Streets. The record shows that the property owners upon whose petition the board of supervisors is authorized to order that kind of work to be done did not petition to have it done, nor did the superintendent of streets recommend that it should be done. Without such a petition or recommendation the appellant contends that the board could not acquire jurisdiction to order the work done.Such is our understanding of the law. (Stats. 1871-72, § 4, p. 805; Dyer v. North, 44 Cal. 157; Dyer v. Miller, 58 Cal. 585.)
Judgment and order reversed.
Thorrtor, J., and Myrick, J., concurred.