State Ex Rel. Underwood v. Superior Court

The Washington Water Power Company brought an action in the superior court of Lincoln county to enjoin the members of the election board of that county from submitting for vote at the next general election in 1936 the proposition whether there should be created a public utility district under chapter 1 of the Laws of 1931, p. 3 (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 11605 [P. C. § 4498-11] et seq.). The demurrer of the defendant members of the election board to the complaint was overruled, and a decree was entered restraining the defendants from placing the proposition in question upon the ballot in the general…