Sweeny v. Adams
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Tuolumne County. G. W. Nicol, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
LORIGAN, J.—
This is an election contest. The parties to this proceeding were rival candidates for the office of sheriff of Tuolumne County, at the last general election.
The board of supervisors, sitting as a canvassing board, declared the appellant elected to such office, and a certificate of election was duly issued to him.
Respondent, in due time, commenced a contest on the ground of malconduct on the part of the board of judges of election in counting the votes. Issue was joined, the cause tried, and the court found the charge of malconduct to be true, and that the respondent had received…
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