Daly v. Otis

The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendants to obtain a writ of mandamus commanding the defendants to draw a warrant in favor of the plaintiff in payment of an alleged pension. The defendant answered and a trial was had before the court sitting without a jury. The trial court caused a judgment to be entered in favor of the defendants and the plaintiff has appealed. He has brought up what purports to be the judgment-roll, but it contains no findings.

The city of Alameda is governed under a freeholders’ charter. (Stats. 1917, p. 1752.) That charter created the office of city…