People Ex Rel. Levin v. County of Santa Clara

37 Cal.2d 335 (1951)

THE PEOPLE ex rel. ALBERT J. LEVIN, Respondent,

v.

COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants; FRED A. WICKETT, Intervener and Appellant.

S. F. No. 18149.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 28, 1951.

Campbell, Hayes & Custer, Edwin J. Owens and Robert E. Hayes for Intervener and Appellant.

Frederick N. Howser, J. B. Peckham, John M. Machado, Peter J. Mancuso and Raymond G. Callaghan for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

The trial court invalidated a charter adopted by defendant, Santa Clara County (Stats. 1949, Conc. & Joint Resol., ch. 156, p. 3294) pursuant to section 7 1/2 of article…