McMahon v. Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Twelfth Judicial District City and County of San Francisco. The Court below directed the writ to issue, and the defendants appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
This is an application by the Board of Trustees of the First or San Bruno Township, of San Mateo County, for a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Supervisors of said county to issue bonds for the improvement of roads and highways in said township, under the provisions of the “Act to provide funds for the construction and improvement of highways in the County of San Mateo,” approved April 4th, 1870 (Stats. 1869-70, p. 730). The first section of the Act provides that “whenever the Board of Township Trustees of any township of the County of San Mateo shall deem it…
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