People ex rel. Tallant v. Fogg

Citations

• 11 Cal. 351

Syllabus

<p>A mandamus will not lie against a County Treasurer to compel him to pay interest due on county bonds.</p> <p>The Treasurer is not an independent officer in respect to his charge and control of the county funds ; but in his disbursements, acts on the warrants of the Auditor„on claims audited by the Board of Supervisors.</p> <p>In such a case, the Treasurer is not, in respect to interest money, placed in any direct relation with the creditors ; and he is not intrusted with a mere ministerial duty of holding it or paying it to them on demand.</p>