Thomas v. Armstrong
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Yuba County. This was a petition in the Court below by Thomas, a ferry proprietor, for a peremptory mandamus against the defendants, as supervisors of Yuba county, to compel them to renew his license. The Court dismissed the petition, and hence the appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMurray, C. J.
This was an application for a 'mandamus in the Court below to compel the supervisors to renew a ferry-license.
It appears from the record that the plaintiff was, and had been for a long time previous, running a ferry across the Yuba River; that he applied to the supervisors for a renewal of his license, and made the necessary proof that he had kept and run the said ferry according to law. The supervisors refused the application, on the ground that the franchise or privilege had been sold on execution against the petitioner, and that the purchaser, to whom they awarded the license therefor, was…
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