Castagnetto v. Superior Court

THE COURT

is an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the superior court of Mariposa County from proceeding with the trial of a contest of nomination as provided for in section 28 of the primary election law (Stats. 1917, p. 1363). It is claimed that the affidavit is insufficient because it does not specify separately the precincts in which a recount is demanded nor sufficiently specify the “nature of the mistake, error, misconduct, or other cause why it is claimed that the returns from such precinct do not correctly state the vote as east in such precinct, for the contestant and…