Kew

The city of Inglewood, a municipal corporation, brought its action in the superior court against James H. Kew, city clerk, praying for a writ of mandate to compel the clerk to sign certain bonds claimed by plaintiff to have been theretofore authorized by the voters of said city. Upon the trial of the action the court found in favor of plaintiff city, and by its judgment directed the clerk to countersign as valid and legal the said bonds. Defendant duly presented a motion for a new trial, which was denied, and from the judgment and order denying a new trial this appeal is taken.

The facts are these: The board of trustees of the city of Inglewood adopted two ordinances, numbered 121 and 122, the first declaring that the public interest, etc., demanded the construction of a municipal improvement, to wit: fire apparatus ; that the estimated cost of said improvement is ten thousand dollars, and that the same is too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue of the city. The second ordinance declared that the public interest and necessity demanded the construction and completion of the following municipal improvements consisting of street work, to wit: the…