Town of Martinez v. Johnson

This application for a writ of mandate was presented to this court upon an agreed statement of facts. The petitioner makes the application under the provisions of sections 1138 to 1140, inclusive, of the Code of Civil Procedure, which relate to the submission of controversies which might be the subject of a civil action to courts which would have jurisdiction of such action upon an agreed state ment of facts. The petitioner herein, the Town of Martinez, a municipal corporation, seeks to compel the respondent as town clerk of said Town of Martinez to countersign certain municipal bonds which…