Bush v. Head
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Shasta County. J. E. Prewett, Judge presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
In this ease, an election contest, a demurrer to the petition or “statement” was sustained. Judgment, of dismissal followed, and the plaintiff appeals.
The grounds of demurrer relied on are the court’s lack of jurisdiction of the subject-matter and want of facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The petition is in two counts, but the legal questions arising on this appeal will sufficiently appear from a single narration of the facts alleged by the plaintiff. After showing the plaintiff’s right to bring the proceeding, the statement alleges that at the general election of November,…
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