Wyckoff v. Force

Plaintiff sued in mandamus to compel the defendant Force, as county superintendent of schools, to approve, and the defendant Taylor, as county treasurer, to pay, an order for $7,000 drawn by the trustees of the Salinas Union High School District in part payment for the services of plaintiff as architect in the construction of a new high school building. The complaint alleged that on May 11, 1920, the board of trustees entered into an agreement by the terms of which the plaintiff furnished to the school district plans and specifications for a school building and agreed to supervise and…