Brooks v. Stewart

Petitioner is the incumbent holder of the consolidated office of coroner-public administrator of Tulare County. The consolidated office was created by ordinance Number 19 of that county, adopted in 1886. In December, 1949, the board of supervisors thereof passed two ordinances Numbers 410 and 412. Number 410 consolidated the duties of the office of district attorney and the public administrator, and Number 412 consolidated the duties of the office of the sheriff and coroner, pursuant to section 24300 of the Government Code. They provided that the consolidation should take effect on the first…