Merriam v. Barnum
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Fresno County. J. R. Webb, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
The application is for a writ of mandate. A demurrer was interposed to the petition, which was sustained by the court, with leave to plaintiff to amend. Plaintiff declined to amend, and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of the court entered against him. His petition discloses the following facts: He is an attorney at law, and the defendant Barnum was and is the auditor of the county of Fresno, state of *621California. On the twenty-ninth day of July, 1895, the courthouse of the county of Fresno was partially destroyed by fire. On July 31, 1895, the supervisors of the county of Fresno, at a…
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