Devlin v. Donnelly
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for Writ of Mandamus to the Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChipman, P. J.
At the election held on November 5, 1912, plaintiff was one of the candidates of the Progressive Party for the office of presidential elector. He seeks by the writ of mandamus to have the vote canvassed in certain election precincts in Sacramento County. Among other grounds for issuing the writ it is alleged that the canvass of election precincts for presidential electors “has proceeded sufficiently to show that there is a small margin as between the Republican Party and Progressive Party candidates on the one part and the Democratic candidates for electors on the other part, and the result…
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