Foster v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Writ of review from the Supreme Court to annul an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco adjudging petitioner guilty of contempt. J. M. Seawell, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
At the annual election for directors of the San Francisco & North Pacific Railway Company, held in February, 1896, certain votes offered in favor of Sidney V. Smith, as one of the directors, were rejected by the chairman of the meeting, and at the close *281of the election Antoine Borel, J. B. Stetson, Andrew Markham, A. W. Foster, P. N. Lilienthal, George A. Newhall, and John L. Howard were declared by the chairman to have been chosen the directors for the year then next ensuing. Thereafter Smith, together with Borel, Stetson, and Howard, filed their application in the superior court of San…
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