People ex rel. Taylor v. Bd. of Election Comm'rs

In bank, Morrison, C. J.:

This is an application for a writ of prohibition under chapter 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The office of the writ is to *405“ arrest the proceedings of any tribunal, corporation, board, or person, when such proceedings are without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such tribunal, corporation, board, or person.”

The petition shows that the defendant, the Board of Election Commissioners, was created by “ An Act to regulate the registration of voters and to secure the purity of elections in the City and County of San Francisco,” approved March 18th, 1878; and that the…