Salcido v. Roberts

This is an election contest. Upon a canvass of the returns the board of supervisors found that the appellant had received 252 and the respondent 250 votes for the office of supervisor of San Andreas Township, Calaveras County, and issued their election certificate accordingly. Upon a recount of the ballots in this proceeding, the court decided •that the appellant had received but 226 legal votes, and that the respondent had received 228. A judgment was accordingly entered in favor of the latter, from which the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

1. The court erred in counting for respondent the…