State ex rel. McAvoy v. Gilliam
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court October 31, 1910, for a writ of prohibition to the superior court of King county, Gilliam, J., to prevent a trial upon the merits of a petition and affidavit seeldng to contest the nomination of xelator for state senator.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This is an application for a writ of prohibition. It appears that the relator and John A. Whalley were rival candidates at the primary election held in September last, for the office of state senator in the thirty-sixth senatorial district; that at such pi imary election the returns showed that relator received 1,49V votes, and Mr. Whalley received 1,435 votes; that on September 27, 1910, the canvassing board issued a certificate of nomination to relator, thereby authorizing his name to be placed upon the general election ballot as the republican nominee for such office-Thereafter Mr.…
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