Scheafer v. Herman
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandate directed to the Board of Election Commissioners of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court against the board of election commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco, in mandamus, to compel the board to perform its duties with respect to a certain recall petition alleged to have been presented to the board for its action.
On September 27, 1915, the petitioners duly presented to and filed with the said board a petition for the recall of Percy Y. Long as city attorney of said city and county. There were appended to the petition the names of 10,395 persons, said number being more than ten per cent of the total vote cast for mayor of…
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