Gauld v. Board of Supervisors of San Francisco

The present litigation was inaugurated upon application for a writ of review to annul the proceedings of the board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco, looking toward the future granting of a franchise for the conduct of the telephone business. A demurrer was sustained to the petition of Gauld, and the ease is now before the court upon the sufficiency of the facts set forth in that petition to justify the issuance of the writ. The sufficiency of the petition is attacked from many points, and we need notice hut a single one. At the time this proceeding was inaugurated no…