Wines v. Garrison

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus. Charles L. Wines, the petitioner, is a deputy in the office of the superintendent of schools of Alameda County. When the superintendent of schools began his term on January 6, 1919, he was allowed an assistant, a chief deputy and an additional deputy, but in 1921 the legislature allowed the superintendent of schools an additional deputy. The petitioner fills the position thus created for the first time by the legislature of 1921. His petition., he says, “involves the right of the legislature to increase the number of deputies allowed to…