Bleuel v. City of Oakland

The plaintiff applied to the trial court for a writ of mandamus. The defendants appeared and answered. A trial was had before the trial court sitting without a jury and the trial court made findings in favor of the plaintiff. Prom a judgment entered thereon the defendants have appealed and have brought up a bill of exceptions.

The plaintiff had commenced the construction of a building for the purpose of conducting a riding academy near the corner of Daisy Street and Davenport Avenue in the City of Oakland. Thereafter the individual defendants, acting as the council of the City of Oakland,…