People ex rel. Westbrook v. Rosborough
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Uinth District. Respondent had judgment. Relator appeals. The Governor’s proclamation embraced State officers, but said nothing about a County Judge for Siskiyou County. It called the attention of County Judges to the 4th Section of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Elections,” passed March 23, 1850, as stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from the Uinth District. Respondent had judgment. Relator appeals. The Governor’s proclamation embraced State officers, but said nothing about a County Judge for Siskiyou County. It called the attention of County Judges to the 4th Section of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate Elections,” passed March 23, 1850, as stated in the opinion. Upon the 10th of August, 1823, the relator, Westbrook, as County Judge, issued a notice that a general election would be held throughout the county, on the first Wednesday of September, A. n. 1853, for the purpose of electing certain officers, as County…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
delivered the following opinion:
This proceeding of quo warranto was brought to determine the title of the defendant to the office of Judge of the County Court of Siskiyou.
The county was organized by Act of Legislature, passed March '22, 1852. By this Act, an election was directed to be held for 'County Offices onLhe first Monday of May of the same year, at which election were to be chosen one County Judge, one District Attorney, one County Clerk, one Sheriff, etc. The 15th Section .provides that the County Judge chosen under this Act shall hold his office for two years; the other officers…
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