Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Myers

This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel the controller and treasurer respectively of the city of Los Angeles to draw a warrant for and pay to the petitioner the principal amount theretofore paid by the petitioner in satisfaction of a judgment on a forfeited bail bond entered against the petitioner pursuant to sections 1305 and 1306 of the Penal Code. The matter is submitted on a general demurrer to the petition and briefs filed by the petitioner and by amicios curiae, the county of Los Angeles.

It appears from'the petition that on or about the twenty-ninth day of April, 1929, there was…