Legal Opinion

Colnon v. Orr

California Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1886No. 11467PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San . Joaquin County. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Foote, C.

E. L. Colnon preferred his petition, and made affidavit thereto, to the Superior Court of San Joaquin County, for a writ of mandate to compel de*44fendant to allow him to inspect a document which, it is alleged, is a part of the records of the defendant’s public office as treasurer and secretary of the Stockton Insane Asylum.

A demurrer was interposed, stating as grounds therefor that upon the face of his petition it does not appear that Colnon was “beneficially interested in the matters set forth therein, or that the party making the application was the person beneficially interested…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Runyon v. Board of Prison Terms & ParolesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  2. City Council v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962
  3. State ex rel. Nevada Title Guaranty & Trust Co. v. GrimesNevada Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Crockett v. Board of Education of Carbon County School Dist.Utah Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Sander v. State Bar of Cal.California Supreme Court · 2013

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