Ball

This is an original application by the petitioner praying that a writ of mandate be directed to E. S. Ball as the Treasurer of the county of Glenn to pay a certain purported warrant drawn upon the county treas urer of the county of Glenn, by J. W. Monroe, the auditor of said county.

The amended petition filed herein sets forth the following: The corporate existence of the plaintiff; the official character of the defendant; the fact of Monroe being the duly elected, qualified and acting auditor of the county. The petition then' recites: “That on July 18, 1927, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Glenn duly made its order and appropriation in the words and figures following, that is to say: ‘Ordered that the sum of $2000.00' be, and is appropriated from the advertising and exhibit fund and allowed to the Glenn County Live Stock-and Agricultural Association towards the maintenance of the annual Glenn County Fair, thereby inducing immigration to the County, and the auditor is directed to issue a warrant on said fund in favor of the Secretary of said Association covering said allowance. ’ The petition then alleges that in pursuance of said order, the auditor of said County…