Hilliker v. Board of Trustees

The plaintiff filed an'action in the superior court against respondents (appellants here) in which they sought a writ of mandate directing the respondents to call a special election responsive to recall petitions seeking the recall of R. E. Dolley, J. R. John, and C. O. "Wheat, as members of the Board of Trustees or City Council of the City of Seal Beach. The respondents by way of return to the alternative writ demurred to the petition and also made a motion to quash the alternative writ of mandate. After argument the court overruled the demurrer and denied the motion and upon the statement…