Day v. Jones
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the. County Court, Butte County. The petition of the contestant Day was filed December 8th, 1865. The defendant appealed from the judgment df the County Court. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. •
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, J.:
The parties were rival candidates for the office of Sheriff of the County of Butte at the general election in 1865. At the meeting of the Board of Canvassers, in September, Day was found to have received the largest number of the votes cast in the county, and was declared duly elected, and a certificate of election was accordingly issued to him. The Board again met on the 6th of November, and again canvassed the votes, including forty-one votes cast without the county by persons in the military service of the United States—eight of. which were cast within, and…
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