Board of Law Library Trustees v. Board of Supervisors

This is an application for a writ of mandate. The matter is before us upon a demurrer to the petition, aud the merits of the proceeding may be fully determined by a consideration of the facts relied upon by petitioner for the issuance of the writ. The writ is asked to issue against the board of supervisors of Orange County, requiring them to provide a library room for the use of the law library created under the statutes of this state. (See Stats. 1891, p. 430.)

The petition alleges the establishment of the library as pro- ■ vided by the statute; that there is no suitable room for the use of said library; that the board of supervisors furnished some shelving, enclosed by doors, upon which the books were placed in a large room, one hundred feet by twenty-five feet, which was used by the principal county officers of the county for the performance of their official duties, and also for the meetings of the board of supervisors; that said room has no partitions other than desks aud railings; that said shelves are *572 located on one side of said room and about midway from front to rear thereof, and between the space occupied by the county clerk and county auditor; that access to the…