People ex rel. Menomy v. Harris

Mr. Ch. J. Murray

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Mr. J. Heydeneeldt concurred.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court below, awarding a peremptory mandamus against Harris, the *10Mayor of the City of San Francisco, compelling him to sign a warrant, drawn in favor of the relator, upon the treasury of San Francisco.

The record shows that, about the month of Juñe, 1851, the City of San Francisco, by its Common Council, and the County of San Francisco, by its Board of Supervisors, purchased, in common, a building for city and county purposes, and are now in possession of the same; that…