Preston v. Culbertson
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in the County Court of Tuolumne County. Redmond, J. The hill of exceptions contained, among others, the following assignments of errors on the part of the defendant: The Court' erred in the cases of Charles Mayhew, Richard Clamp, and George Anderson, who were naturalized citizens and on the Great Register, wherein it decided that it could go behind the registration of voters, and take evidence as to when and where they were…
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Appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in the County Court of Tuolumne County. Redmond, J. The hill of exceptions contained, among others, the following assignments of errors on the part of the defendant: The Court' erred in the cases of Charles Mayhew, Richard Clamp, and George Anderson, who were naturalized citizens and on the Great Register, wherein it decided that it could go behind the registration of voters, and take evidence as to when and where they were naturalized, and to determine if they were properly on the Great Register. This Court has no jurisdiction over the subject of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court :
This is a contested election, each of the parties claiming to have been chosen Supervisor in District Ho. 3, Tuolumne County.
Within forty days after the votes were canvassed, and defendant declared elected, plaintiff filed with the County Clerk his “ statement.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 1115.) He omitted to allege in it the date of the canvass—the “ return-day.” Defendant’s general demurrer was sustained. Plaintiff, with leave of the Court, filed an amended complaint, wherein the return-day was alleged as of a date more than forty days *208previous to the filing of the amended complaint, but…
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- Lankford v. GebhartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
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