Langdon v. Koster

This is a mandate to compel the auditor of the city and county of San Francisco to audit the demand of the petitioner for expenses incurred by him. The expenses are for the payment of the services of William J. Burns as “special agent” at the rate of six hundred and twenty-five dollars a month, and of certain enumerated “assistant special agents” at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars a month, the total aggregating for the month of April, 1909, the sum of twenty-six hundred and fifty dollars. These demands were presented to the auditor by the individual claimants, and upon his rejection…