Gray v. Mullins
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for writ of mandamus to the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT. (Per COOPER, P. J.)
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents, constituting the board of supervisors of the county of Alameda, to issue to the petitioner a certificate of election, it being claimed that he was duly elected a justice of the peace of the township of Oakland, county of Alameda, at the general election held on the eighth day of November, 1910.
It is hardly necessary to repeat what we have many times said, that the writ of mandate is a prerogative writ, and in order to entitle the petitioner to such writ it must plainly appear that he is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. WalkerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
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