County of Los Angeles v. Emme

This is an original application for a writ of mandate to require respondent (clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles) to pay into the county treasury of petitioner (County of Los Angeles) $3,441.50 collected by respondent as fines, the payment of which were conditions precedent to the suspending in part or in toto of sentences imposed by the Municipal Court of the City of Los Angeles. The undisputed facts are: Respondent' has collected from various defendants a sum totaling $3,441.50, which he now retains as fines, pursuant to judgments rendered by the Municipal Court, of…