Butterworth v. Boyd

THE COURT.

This is a petition for a writ of mandate to compel respondents, the controller and treasurer of the city and county of San Francisco, to make available to petitioners certain funds deducted from the compensation of employees and teachers in San Francisco under the Health Service System established by charter amendment in 1937.

*143The proposal to establish a system of health service for city employees, upon payment of small, fixed monthly sums, was first submitted to a referendum vote of such employees, who declared themselves in favor of it by a vote of 7,428 to 939. Thereafter the…