Dye v. Council of the City of Compton

THE COURT.

On January 23, 1946, petitioners and appellants, Stanley C. Dye and William H. Jenner, as “residents, qualified electors, and taxpayers of the City of Compton” commenced the instant proceedings in mandamus directed against the council of the city of Compton and its respective members (specifically named as parties respondent in the petition) to compel that legislative body either to (1) entirely repeal sections 62 and 98-E of Ordinance No. 595, or (2) submit the same to a vote of the qualified electors of the city of Compton under the referendum law; or to show cause why they had…