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PEOPLE v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA

Docket No. S.F. 18149.

37 Cal.2d 335 (1951)

231 P.2d 826

THE PEOPLE ex rel. ALBERT J. LEVIN, Respondent, v. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA et al., Defendants; FRED A. WICKETT, Intervener and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 28, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Hayes & Custer, Edwin J. Owens and Robert E. Hayes for Intervener and Appellant.

Frederick N. Howser, J.B. Peckham, John M. Machado, Peter J. Mancuso and Raymond G. Callaghan for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

The trial court invalidated a charter adopted by defendant, Santa Clara County (Stats. 1949, Conc. & Joint Resol., ch. 156, p. 3294) pursuant to section 7 1/2 of article XI of the Constitution on the ground that the publication of the charter prior to the vote thereon was faulty.

A charter may be adopted by a county by following specified procedure set forth in the Constitution. After a board of freeholders has been elected and drafted a proposed...

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