Hindman v. Boyd
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Sp'okane county, Warren, J., entered March 25, 1905, upon findings in favor of the relator, upon sustaining a demurrér to the answer, granting a mandate to compel the submission of charter amendments to a vote of the people.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
— This is a proceeding in mandamus. Application was made to the superior court of Spokane county for a writ of mandate directed to the mayor, city councilmen *24and city clerk of the city of Spokane, requiring them to submit to a vote of the people of said city a proposed amendment to the city charter governing the manner of granting certain franchises in the city. The affidavit in support of the application for the writ alleges, that more than seventeen hundred of the qualified voters of the city, a number equal to more than fifteen per cent of the total number of votes cast at the last…
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