Controversy Between California Toll Bridge Authority & City & County of San Francisco v. Wentworth

The California Toll Bridge Authority, created by act of the legislature (Stats. 1929, chap. 763, p. 1489), has obtained an alternative writ of mandate requiring the respondent, as auditor of the City and County of San Francisco, to audit and approve, or show cause why he should not audit and approve, a demand for the sum of $5,000, which amount, it is alleged, has been appropriated by the board of supervisors of the city and county for the purpose of aiding in meeting the necessary costs of making a survey and preparing plans, specifications and estimates for the construction of a bridge…