Serv-U-Garbage Co. v. Board of Health

The plaintiff applied to the defend-' ant board for a permit to transport refuse through the streets of San Francisco. The application was denied. Thereupon he commenced a proceeding in the superior court to obtain a writ of mandamus directing the defendant board to issue the permit. The defendants answered and a trial was had before a court sitting without a jury. The court made findings in favor of the plaintiff and from a judgment entered thereon the'defendants have appealed.

On the fourteenth day of June, 1927, exercising the right of initiative, the electors of San Francisco adopted an…