Hollister v. Kingsbury

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County directing a writ of mandamus to issue requiring the appellant to file the petitioner’s application for a permit to prospect for oil and gas in state lands pursuant to Statutes of California of 1921, chapter 303, page 404. The question which is here involved is whether an urgency amendment to section 4 of that statute, which was adopted by the legislature in 1929 (Stats. 1929, chap. 7, p. 11; 2 Deering’s Gen. Laws, p. 3456, Act 6341), withdrawing certain state lands from exploration for oil and gas…