Collins v. Priest

On this appeal from the judgment and order granting a peremptory writ of mandate to compel the respondent to issue a license to petitioner to carry on the business of plumbing within the city of Newport Beach, the following facts appear from the agreed statement filed herein. Petitioner was the holder of a valid, unrevoked license as a plumbing contractor issued after he had successfully passed the examination required by the Contractors’ State License Board of the State of California pursuant to chapter 9, division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. He applied to the appellant city…