Legal Opinion

People ex rel. McMinn v. Haskell

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, San Francisco County. The opinion of the Court contains the facts.

1Opinion of the CourtMurray, C. J.

Bryan, J., concurred.

The thirty-ninth section of the Act concerning Courts of Justice, Compiled Laws, p, HI, provides that, “ The Clerk of the Superior Court shall be elected at the next municipal election of the City of San Francisco, and thereafter every two years, by the legal electors of the City of San Francisco, and shall hold his office for the term of two years from and after his election.”

At the time of the passage of this Act, the municipal as well as the general State election, was held upon the same day, in September, on which the respondent was elected.

“ The Amended Charter of…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Klokke v. WrightIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Pennie v. ReisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. People ex rel. Attorney-General v. SquiresCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  4. State Ex Rel. Stutsman v. LightNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1938
  5. Larkin v. GronnaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1939

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