Mines v. Del Valle

This action was instituted by plaintiff, a taxpayer of the city of Los Angeles, against certain officers of said city to compel the repayment by said officers into the treasury of said city of certain sums of money which plaintiff alleges were illegally paid out by said officers. The defendants are the members of the board of public service commissioners, the controller of the public service department, the auditor and treasurer, respectively, of the city of Los Angeles. The complaint sets forth that on the fourteenth day of May, 1923, the city council of said city of Los Angeles, by the…