County of San Benito v. Riley

-The County of San Benito has petitioned this court for a writ of mandate to compel the State Controller to deliver to the county certain state warrants for the payment of the total sum of $29,685.24, representing the county’s share of moneys collected by the state pursuant to the terms of an act of the legislature imposing a license tax upon the business of producing, refining and distributing motor vehicle fuel, known as the Motor Vehicle Fuel Act. (Stats. 1923, p. 571.)

Answering, the Controller expressly admits the allegations of the county’s petition showing that according to the terms of…