Speegle v. Joy

The Court:

The plaintiff is the Recorder and the defendant the Auditor of Monterey County. Plaintiff claims that there is due him the sum of one hundred and sixty-six dollars, one month’s salary as such Recorder, and that it is the duty of the defendant, as Auditor, to draw his warrant in favor of the plaintiff for that amount; that demand has been made for such warrant, and defendant has refused to draw it. This is an application for a writ of mandamus.

It is conceded that the writ should issue if the Act of March 30, 1878 (Laws of 1877-78. p. 863), is in force. That Act, so far as the salary…