RYDER v. CITY OF LOS ALTOS

Docket No. 15869.

125 Cal.App.2d 209 (1954)

270 P.2d 532

R.W. RYDER, Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ALTOS et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

May 17, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahill & Casey for Appellant.

Gardner Bullis for Respondents.


NOURSE, P.J.

Plaintiff sued for a writ of mandate to require the defendants to call a special election on a petition seeking an election to vote on the question of the disincorporation of the city. The defendants had denied the petition and had refused to call an election on the grounds that it was barred by the then existing provisions of section 1702 of the Elections Code, which then read:

"No petition for...

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