State ex rel. Royse v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Kitsap county, Gilliam, J., entered June 15, 1907, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to obtain possession of a municipal office as the qualified official thereof.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This cause is before this court on writ of review. The relator here was the plaintiff in the court below. The cause was determined by sustaining a demurrer to the complaint and by the dismissal of the action, the plaintiff declining to plead further. The complaint in effect alleges, that the city of Bremerton is a city of the third class, and that on December 5, 1905, one Gruwell was elected as councilman for the third ward of said city, to serve a term of two years from and after the first Monday in January, 1906; that thereafter, *617on November 2, 1906, said Gruwell resigned as councilman, the…
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