Palmer v. BROADBENT, MAYOR

WADE, Justice.

Plaintiffs, who with others are sometimes referred to as sponsors and petitioners, are residents and voters of Cedar City, Utah, and they petition this court for an extraordinary writ,1 requiring the defendants, who are the members of the City Council and the City Recorder, to submit to the voters at the next regular city election, for approval *582or rejection, an ordinance granting the Southern Utah Power Company a twenty year electric franchise. This ordinance was passed by the City Council on February 19, 1958, and published on the 26th to become effective on March 21, 1953.2

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