Land v. Clark
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Sacramento County dissolving an injunction. Joseph W. Hughes, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte,j.
—Defendant was elected to the office of mayor of the city of Sacramento, and plaintiff was his predecessor in office. When the time arrived for defendant to take possession of his office, plaintiff refused to give him possession, and this litigation thereupon arose. The action is in the nature of a proceeding in injunction, and many questions of law are raised upon this appeal. The court only finds it necessary to consider a single one of these questions.
Plaintiff relies upon various provisions of the Purity of Elections Act to support his conduct in declining to give up the office to his…
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