Pennie v. Reis
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ of mandate to the treasurer of the city and county of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcFarland, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandate to compel the treasurer of the police life and health insurance fund of the city and county of San Francisco to pay petitioner, as administrator of Edward A. Ward, deceased, the sum of one thousand dollars.
On April 1, 1878, an act of the legislature was ¿p-proved in relation to the police force of the city and county of San Francisco. It provided (section 2), among other things, that the compensation of police-.officers “shall not exceed” $102 per month, and that the treasurer “ shall retain from the pay of each police-officer the sum of $2 per month,…
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