Britton v. Board of Election Commissioners

By an act approved March 3, 1899 (Stats. 1899, p. 47), the legislature added certain sections to the Politi cal Code, providing thereby an exclusive scheme controlling political parties in holding their conventions for the nomination of candidates to public office. The act is known as the primary election law, and for convenience may be so designated. Plaintiff, a resident and taxpayer of the city and county of San Francisco, by his complaint sought an injunction against the defendants, constituting the board of election commissioners of San Francisco, to restrain them from expending the…