Coffman
Coffman v. Board of Architectural Examiners
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Pullen, J.
This proceeding arises upon a petition to review a judgment of the State Board of Architectural Examiners . of the Northern District, suspending petitioner herein from practicing as an architect for a period of thirty days, for alleged dishonest practice.
The complaint, which was filed by Nelle U. Branch, for whom petitioner had designed a residence, charged that he was guilty of dishonest practice in connection with the plans for such residence and specified certain acts and omissions as evidence thereof, as follows:
As to these specifications the Board made the following findings:
Upon these findings the Board rendered the following judgment:
“The office of the writ of certiorari,” as pointed out in Lanterman v. Anderson, 36 Cal. App. 472 [ 172 Pac. 625, 626 ], “is to determine only as to whether the inferior'board or court has acted in excess of jurisdiction and the investigation of the trial court will go no further than to inspect the record as it appears written and to determine from that whether there has been action taken unwarranted by the powers granted to the Board or court whose proceedings are under review.”