Perry v. Gross
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandate directed to the County Clerk of Alameda County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. H. H. McPike, Clinton G. Dodge, and McPike & Murray, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Petitioner having filed with the county clerk of the county of Alameda a referendum petition, thereafter and on the same day presented for filing another section of this petition, which section the county clerk refused to file. Mandate before this court was sought, compelling the county clerk so to do.
The question thus presented involves a construction of the language of the constitution which is as follows: “Each section of the petition shall be filed with the clerk or registrar of voters of the county or city and county in which it was circulated, but all said sections circulated in any…
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