Knowles v. Yeates
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court, Plumas County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Currey, C. J.:
At the general election held in Plumas County on the 6th of September, 1865, Stephen J. Clark and James H. Yeates were candidates for the office of Sheriff of said county. The Board of Canvassers of the county held and declared Yeates duly elected to said office by a majority of five votes. Thereafter, on the 21st of October, William H. Knowles, an elector of the same county, presented to the County Court his petition contesting the election of Yeates and praying that Clark might be declared elected and entitled to the office. Yeates, the respondent, appeared, and…
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