Davenport v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
PETITION for Writ of Mandate to the City of Los Angeles, and to the City Council, City Auditor, and City Treasurer. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFARLAND, J.
This is an original petition here by the above-named J. P. Davenport for a writ of mandate requiring certain named respondents who are members of the city council of the city of Los Angeles to allow petitioner to take his seat in that body and perform the duties of the office of councilman from the sixth ward of said city, and requiring other named respondents, who are auditor and treasurer of said city, to issue and pay a warrant for petitioner’s salary as such councilman for the month of Stepember, 1904.
The material facts in the case are these: In the year 1902, and prior thereto, and…
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