Magoon v. Heath

This action was instituted in the superior court seeking a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Trustees of the City of Hermosa Beach to call a special election responsive to a petition for a recall of four of the city trustees. A trial was had and a peremptory writ was issued, directed to the trustees, commanding them to call a special election forthwith. From that judgment the defendants appealed and urge four grounds for its reversal.

The first position advanced by appellants is that the court did not find and there is no evidence to show that the recall petition was signed by qualified…