People ex rel. Hinton v. Hammond

Citations

• 66 Cal. 654
• 6 P. 741
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 517

Syllabus

<p>Police Commissioners of San Francisco—Term of Office—Vacanct—Appointment bt Governor—Constitutional Construction.—Under the act of April 1, 1878, the respondent and two others were appointed by the district judges named in the act, police commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco. No term of office was fixed by the act. By the constitution of 1879, the district courts were abolished, and a new judicial system established, with no specific provision for the exercise of the powers imposed upon the judges of the district court by the act of 1878. On August 1, 1884, the relator was appointed by the governor to the office of police commissioner in place of the respondent, and instituted this action to try his title under the appointment. Held, that he was not entitled to the office.</p>