Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Arnold v. Mitchell

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1909No. 8425PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Mitchell, J., entered October 22, 1909, upon sustaining a demurrer to the application, denying a writ of mandate to compel a city clerk to register the name of the relator upon the poll books.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

The relator filed an application for a writ of mandamus directed to the city clerk of the city of Olympia, in the superior court of Thurston county, charging that the city clerk had refused to register him as a member of the republican party, and that, by reason thereof, he would be deprived of his privilege of participating in the primary elections for the year 1909, to be held under the provisions of the direct primary law. The superior court refused to issue the writ. The case is here upon a writ of review directed to the lower court.

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