Field v. Giegengack

HiTZ, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Supreme Court of the District overruling a demurrer to the answer of the public printer to a petition for a writ of mandamus.

The writ is sought to require the public printer to grant certain leave to an employee o£ the Government Printing Office, where the petitioner is a proofreader and the respondent, as public printer of the United States, is the administrator. The petitioner contends that the public printer denies Mm certain leave to which ho is lawfully entitled but which is refused under the supposed authority of the Economy…