People v. Dunn
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ of mandate. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWorks, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, as controller of state, to issue his warrant for certain moneys which the rela*212tors claim should be paid out of the appropriation contained in the act of the legislature, entitled “ An act to provide a permanent site for the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble-minded Children, to erect suitable buildings thereon, and making an appropriation therefor.” (Stats. 1889, p. 69.)
The respondent resists the claim of the petitioners, on the ground that the said statute is unconstitutional and void, for five reasons,…
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