McPherson v. Bartlett
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ of mandate to compel the defendants constituting the board of supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco to. prepare tally lists, poll lists, returns, etc., for counting and returning the votes for State senator from the ninth senatorial district, at the general election of 1884. The remaining facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
The provisions of the Constitution with respect to the election of senators are perfectly plain, and if the legislature of 1881 had districted the State- in accordance with the command contained in section 6 of article iv. of that instrument, the scheme therein devised would have been put in perfect and *578harmonious working. But the legislature of 1881 failed to perform its duty in that regard. If the constitutional mandate had been obeyed, the State would have been divided into forty senatorial districts, numbered from one to forty inclusive, prior to the election of 1882, each of which…
2Cited by1 opinion
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