People ex rel. Webster v. Babcock

On the fourteenth day of October, 1895, the office of superintendent of schools of the city and county of San Francisco became vacant by the death of the incumbent, who, on November 6, 1894, had been elected to fill the office for a term of four years, commencing upon the first Monday in January, 1895. On the twenty-fourth day of October, 1895, the *308board of education of the city and county of San Francisco appointed Madison Babcock, appellant herein, to fill the vacancy “until the regular election then next following.” On November 3, 1896, there was held throughout the state of California a…