Robertson v. Board of Library Trustees
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. George C. Sargent, and Charles L. Weller, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Dyke, J.
The proceeding is an application for a writ of mandamus, directing the defendant to draw and deliver to plaintiff a warrant upon the library fund of the city of Alameda, directing the treasurer to pay the claim of plaintiff.
The appeal is taken from the judgment ordering the writ to issue in favor of the plaintiff as prayed. The plaintiff sues for himself and as assignee of six others, and the claims are balances of accounts- for books and other supplies furnished to the defendant, being a public board having control of the free public library of the city of Alameda, constituted and…
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