Moody v. Shuffleton

This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel the defendant, as auditor of the county of Shasta, to draw his warrant in favor of plaintiff in the amount of certain claims previously approved by the board of supervisors of that county.

The facts leading up to the proceeding and necessary to its understanding are: H. L. Moody, the father of the plaintiff, had been, prior to July 17,1925, the owner and publisher of a newspaper known as “The Searchlight,” published in Redding, Shasta County, California. In connection with the publication of this newspaper, he conducted a printing and jobbing business…