People ex rel. Menzies v. Gunst
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. A. A. Sander-son, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
This is an action in quo warranto to test relator’s title to the office of police commissioner of the city and county of San Francisco, against the claims of defendant thereto. Judgment passed for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
The facts, about which there is no controversy, are that R. P. Hammond was a member of the original board of police commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco, appointed under the provisions of the act of the legislature approved April 1, 1878, and commonly known as the “ McCoppin act.”
Hammond continued in office until his death, which occurred in the year…
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