State ex rel. Fulton v. Zimmerman

The following opinion was filed October 11, 1926:

Stevens, J.

1. The briefs present the question whether the case is one in which this court ought to exercise its original jurisdiction. The case ■ involves the right of the legislature to secure an expression of opinion by the entire electorate of the state upon a question of great public interest and of vital importance to all the.people.of the state. Nothing could more vitally affect the sovereignty of the state, its franchises and prerogatives or the liberties of its people than to deprive the people of the state of the right to express their…