City of Long Beach v. Morse

31 Cal.2d 254 (1947)

CITY OF LONG BEACH, Petitioner,

v.

H. C. MORSE, as City Treasurer, etc., Respondent.

L. A. No. 19873.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 30, 1947.

Irving M. Smith, City Attorney, Nowland M. Reid, Assistant City Attorney, and Atlee S. Arnold, Deputy City Attorney, for Petitioner.

Roy J. Brown for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

The city of Long Beach seeks a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel its treasurer to transfer certain revenue from the city's "Harbor Revenue Fund" to its "Public Improvement Fund." The revenue in question was derived from the production of oil and gas from…