Brooks v. Fischer

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the defendant from proceeding to act as assessor of the city of Los Angeles. The petition alleges, among other things:—

“1. That on the twentieth day of October, 1888, the qualified electors of said city ratified a charter for the government of said city, framed as provided by section 8, article 2, of the. constitution of the state of California, and thereafter, to wit, on the -day of-, 1889, a resolution was introduced in the senate of the state of California (the legislature being then in session), entitled ‘ Senate Joint Resolution No.…