Reynolds v. Snow

Citations

• 67 Cal. 497
• 8 P. 27
• 1885 Cal. LEXIS 683

Syllabus

<p>Election—Contest—Illegal Ballot.—The court below rejected a ballot which did not conform in length and other minor respects to section 1191 of the Political Code. The ballot was only about eight inches and a half in length. Held, that the ballot was properly rejected.</p> <p>Id.—Ebasube.—In certain ballots the voters had erased with lead pencil marks the name of the contestant and also the name of the office to be voted for, leaving simply the number indicating its order on the ballot, and opposite this number and erasure had written the name of the defendant. Held, that these ballots were properly counted for the defendant.</p> <p>Id.—Appeal—Conflict of Evidence.—The rule which restrains an appellate court from interfering with a finding of the court below where there is a conflict in the evidence, does not apply when the evidence consists entirely of ballots, photographic copies of which are before the court on appeal.</p>