People ex rel. Attorney Gen. v. Brown
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Twelfth District. Quo warranto to try the right to the office of District Attorney for the city and county of San Francisco. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. The Court below gave judgment in favor of the claimant, Porter, ousting defendant from the office. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Cope, J. concurring.
This is a contest for the office of District Attorney for San Francisco county.
W. K. Osborne was elected to this office at the general election in September, 1857, for the term of two years. He died in March, 1858. The Board of Supervisors appointed Mr. Brown to supply the vacancy. *442At the general election, (September, 1858) Brown was elected to the office, and at the next general election, (September, 1859) was again elected. At the general election of this year, (November, 1860) Porter, the claimant of the office, was elected.
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