State Ex Rel. Panesko v. Public Utility District No. 1

Driver, J. —

This action, in the nature of quo warranto, was brought to test the validity of public utility district No. 1 of Lewis county. A trial to the court resulted in findings and judgment declaring the district to be “a municipal corporation duly and regularly organized pursuant to” the public utility district act, Laws of 1931, chapter 1, p. 3 (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 11605 [P. C. § 4498-11] et seq.). Plaintiff appealed.

The act provides for two types of districts. One, coextensive with the limits of the county, may be organized as follows:

“At any general election the board of county…