Cunningham & Brummagim v. Harris
Citations
- 5 Cal. 81
Syllabus
<p>A sued B for twenty-two head of cattle and two wagons, and recovered a verdict for twelve head and the wagon, which was accepted by A, and allowed to stand. ■ C, who held under B,was afterwards sued by Afor the remainder of the cattle. TIdcl. that if A had commenced another suit against B, his former recovery would have been a complete bar to the action, and that if B could plead the former recovery in bar, so could C, who claimed immediately through B.</p>
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- failure to observe directory provisions of election statutes will not, in the absence of fraud, nullify an election that shows a fair and honest expression of the elector’s will
- “ ‘to upset an election because the election officers have failed to strictly comply with the law, where it appears that no harm has been done thereby, would be to encourage irregularities committed for the very purpose of invalidating elections’ ”
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Judges: Heydenfeldt
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