Brodie v. Campbell
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fourth District. The facts are that the Twelfth Judicial District was created by Act of May 15th, 1854, under which the Governor was to appoint and commission some competent person as Judge of the District, to hold office “ till the next general election, when a Judge shall be elected by the qualified electors of the District.”
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Appeal from the Fourth District. The facts are that the Twelfth Judicial District was created by Act of May 15th, 1854, under which the Governor was to appoint and commission some competent person as Judge of the District, to hold office “ till the next general election, when a Judge shall be elected by the qualified electors of the District.” May 24th, 1854, the Governor appointed and commissioned as Judge of the District, Edward Norton, who, on the twenty-sixth of that month, took the oath of office, which was indorsed on the back thereof, and entered upon the discharge of his duties as…
1Opinion of the Court
Field, C. J. delivered the following opinion:
This is a contest for the office of District Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District, and is presented upon an agreed statement of facts between the parties, under the statute. Both contestants claim to have been elected as successors of the present incumbent— Brodie at the general election in 1859, and Campbell at the general election of the present year.
The Twelfth Judicial District was created by an Act of the Legislature of May 15th, 1854, entitled “ an Act amendatory of and supplementary to an Act entitled an Act concerning the Courts of…
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