Riley v. Forbes

The petitioner, as controller of the state of California, instituted this proceeding in mandate to compel the respondents, as members of and constituting the State Board of Accountancy, to account to the petitioner for and to pay into the state treasury all moneys received by the respondents and alleged by the petitioner to be moneys belonging to the state during the months of July, August, September, October, and November, 1923.

There is no dispute as to the facts. The only question for determination is as to the legal obligation of the respondents to account for the moneys so received and to…