Saunders v. Haynes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Klamath County. This was a proceeding to contest the election of defendant as Judge of the District Court, for the Eighth District. It was brought before the County Judge of Klamath County, one of the counties of that district. The nature of the proceeding is stated by the Court. Defendant demurred to the complaint, for want of jurisdiction in the County Court.
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Appeal from the County Court of Klamath County. This was a proceeding to contest the election of defendant as Judge of the District Court, for the Eighth District. It was brought before the County Judge of Klamath County, one of the counties of that district. The nature of the proceeding is stated by the Court. Defendant demurred to the complaint, for want of jurisdiction in the County Court. The demurrer was overruled, and an answer filed denying knowledge of any misconduct in the officers of election, averring that Turner received illegal votes; and further, that at the time of the election…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Terry, C. J. concurring.
This was a proceeding under the Statute of 1850, (Wood’s Dig. 389,) for contesting the election of defendant as Judge of the District Court for the Eighth District. It was brought before the County Judge of Klamath County, one of the counties of that district.
The grounds of the contest are misconduct in the officers conducting the election, whereby the defendant was improperly returned as elected, when one of his competitors received the highest number of legal votes.
1. The first point made by the Appellant is, that the County Judge had no jurisdiction to try a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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