Lyman v. Maguire

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

WILDER, J.

This is an application by Norman K. Lyman, the petitioner, for a writ of mandamus to compel the auditor of the county of Hawaii to issue to petitioner a warrant on the treasurer of said .county in payment of petitioner’s claim for salary for the month of July, 4905, as clerk to the sheriff of Hawaii. After a hearing the circuit judge denied a peremptory writ, from which ruling and judgment thereon the petitioner appealed to this court.

On or about the 1st of July, 1905, the board of supervisors of the county of Hawaii appointed petitioner clerk to the county *143she…