Lees v. Colgan
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco awarding a peremptory writ of mandate to the Controller of State. J. M. Troutt, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the superior court directing the issuance of a writ of mandate to the state controller, requiring him to draw his warrant upon the state treasury in favor of petitioner for the sum of one thousand dollars. The application is based upon the following facts: Petitioner was a captain of police of the city and county of San Francisco. The governor of the state offered a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered one Webber in the city of Sacramento. Petitioner arrested the murderer of Webber in tbe city and…
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