Daggett v. Colgan
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for writ of mandate to the state controller. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
This is an original application to this court for a writ of mandate to compel the defendant, as controller, to draw his warrant on the state treasurer, in payment of a claim contracted and audited by the petitioners as members of the California World’s Fair Commission, in pursuance of the authority given such commission by an act of the legislature of this state, approved March 6, 1891. (Stats. 1891, p. 24.)
The act provides for the appointment by the governor, of a commission who “ shall have the exclusive charge and control of the expenditure of all moneys appropriated by the state of…
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