Arnold v. Sullenger

The respondent, as surveyor of the county of Contra Costa, commenced this proceeding in mandamus in the superior court to compel the appellant, as auditor of said county, to draw his warrant upon the county treasurer in the sum of $500 as salary due the respondent for the month of August, 1924. The appellant answered and the cause was heard .on an agreed statement of facts which are set forth in the findings. Judgment was rendered ordering the issuance of a peremptory writ, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted on the judgment-roll.

The respondent was elected county surveyor at the…