Carr v. Kingsbury

Appellant filed this petition in the court below seeking a peremptory writ of mandate to compel respondent to issue a permit or lease to prospect oil and gas under the provisions of an act of the legislature approved May 25, 1921 (Stats. 1921, p. 404), on certain tide, overflowed or submerged lands in the city of Huntington Beach, California. Por brevity we will hereafter refer to this act as the Leasing Act. In each of the briefs originally filed all of the respective counsel agreed that the sole question to be determined upon this appeal was whether or not respondent was justified in…