Whitman v. Moore

— W. R. Whitman, plaintiff, brought suit in the superior court of Maricopa county, seeking to enjoin the secretary of state, defendant, from placing on the ballot at the general election a certain initiated measure relating to education, on the ground that, while the petitions requesting that such measure be placed on the ballot on their face contained the required number of names, they were insufficient in that so many of these names were not legally placed thereon, that the valid signatures fell below the constitutional minimum.

It was requested by plaintiff that a special master be…