City & County of San Francisco v. Boyd

MOORE, J., pro tem.

This is an original proceeding for a writ of mandate whereby petitioners seek to compel the respondent to certify to the petitioners that"there is a sufficient unencumbered balance in a fund that may legally be used for the proposed expenditure of the sum of $100,000 for the services of one Purcell, a civil engineer. The municipality seeks by a contract to procure the services of Purcell for a period of five years to aid in the solution of traffic and transit problems. The certification sought was also to cover the maximum additional sums that may be expended in the fiscal…