Jones

This action was commenced against the respondents, who were members of the board of supervisors of Los Angeles County, to recover against them as individuals for certain alleged omissions on their part to perform duties which the appellant contends were enjoined upon them, as supervisors, by law. The appellant sued as assignor of several other persons. Demurrers to the amended complaint on behalf of each of the respondents were sustained without leave to amend and judgment went accordingly. The appeal is from the judgment.

We learn from the amended complaint that appellant’s assignors were appointed by the supervisors to serve as election officers in certain precincts in the city of Glendale, at the general election of November, 1914, that they served as such election officers, the period of service of each, including the time • expended in the counting of the ballots east at the election, being more than four days and nights; that each of the assignors presented his claim against the county at the rate of three dollars for each eight hours of service; that the supervisors allowed each claim to the extent of ten dollars, but rejected each for the excess; that there is due…