Spelling v. Brown

Citations

• 122 Cal. 277
• 55 P. 126
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 571

Syllabus

<p>Political Conventions—Nomination for Congress—Conflicting Certificates—Party Usage.—Where conflicting certificates of nomination for Congress are presented to the secretary of state, as representing two district congressional conventions of the same party in the same district, it is his duty to decide which of the two certificates was issued by the regular convention, and in the absence of a law to guide him in determining which was regular, he must resort to party usage. The nomination of the district convention which was called in conformity with the established usage of the party, and which was recognized as regular by its state convention, should be accepted by him.</p>