Willburn v. Wixson

Opinion

PIERCE, J. *

This appeal involves an election contest arising from the election of a county supervisor in the Fifth Supervisorial District of Trinity County at the general election held on November 7, 1972. There were three candidates, George Raymond Willburn, the plaintiff and respondent (hereinafter referred to as “contestant” or Willburn), Eugene Wixson, defendant and appellant, and a write-in candidate, Hazel Willburn, who is not a party hereto. According to the votes cast and accepted at the election, Wixson won by a plurality of four votes.

It was not urged by contestant Willburn…