People ex rel. Commissioners of Transportation v. Central Pacific Railroad
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment and order for the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate in favor of plaintiff, in the Third District Court of the City and County of -San Francisco. McKee, J.
1Opinion of the Court
McKinstey, J.:
The action is by mandamus, to compel the defendant, under the Act of April 3, 1876, to furnish to the Commissioners of Transportation, created by that Act, certain information. (Stats. 1875-6, p. 783.)
The judgment appealed from is as follows: “ In this action, the plaintiff’s demurrer to the defendants’ answers having been by this Court sustained, and the said defendants having failed to appear and amend their answers within the time allowed by law, therefore it is ordered that the default of the defendants, the Central Pacific Railroad Company, be entered for failure to amend…
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