City of Compton v. Adams

This proceeding was brought to compel payment of the costs of publishing an ordinance calling for a special election to determine whether a municipal court should be established in the city of Compton. Respondent city treasurer refused to pay the publication charges on the ground that the city council had no authority to call the special election because the population of the city as shown by the decennial census of 1940 was less than that required for the establishment of a municipal court. Section 11 of article VI of the Constitution provides that such a court may be established in a…