People ex rel. Attorney General v. Clingan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Maria County. The facts material to the points decided appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMurray, C. J.
Heydenfeldt, J., and Bryan, J., concurred.
' This was an information in the nature of a quo tvarranto filed by the Attorney General against David Clingan, who claimed to exercise the duties of Sheriff of Marin County.
On the trial of the cause in the Court below, the Attorney General offered as a witness one James T. Stocker, who claimed the office by virtue of an election, and who testified that his certificate of election was lost or destroyed. Upon this, the testimony of the County Judge, who deposed that he had seen said certificate, was offered to prove its contents; which testimony was…
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