Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Davidson v. Perry

California Supreme Court

Decided May 1, 1889No. 12537PublishedCited by 48 opinions

Appeal from a. judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtBeatty, C. J.

This is an action instituted by the attorney-general under the provisions of chapter 5 of title 10, part 2, of the Code of Civil Procedure, sections 802 to 810, to determine the respective claims of the relator and the defendant to the office of member of the board of health of the city and county of San Francisco.

A general demurrer to the complaint was sustained by the superior court, and judgment thereupon rendered in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff appeals.

It appears from the complaint that the defendant was appointed a member of the board of health by the late Governor…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Page v. FowlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by48 opinions

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  5. Ex Parte GerinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904

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