Bordwell v. Williams
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandamus directed to the County Clerk of Orange County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Samuel M. Shortridge, Catlin, Catlin & Friedman, Frank P. Doherty, C. E. Spencer, and W. S. Woodworth, for Petitioner.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
This is a proceeding in mandamus to compel the county clerk of Orange County to omit from the ballots to be prepared by him for use in the forthcoming primary election, the name of the petitioner, Walter Bordwell, as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the office of United States senator. The election is to be held on August 29, 1916. An alternative writ has issued and the respondent has made return thereto. The material facts are not in controversy.
Pursuant to the provisions of the “direct primary law” (Stats. 1913, p. 1379), a committee of five electors proposed the name of the…
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