State Ex Rel. Hicks v. Boyer

This is a mandamus proceeding to compel the defendant, the county clerk of Marion county, pursuant to initiative petition, to place upon the state and county ballot at the next general election to be held on November 8, 1932, a measure designed to repeal section 90 of the charter of the city of Salem. This case and that of State ex rel. August Huckestein v. Poulsen, ante p. 623 (15 P. (2d) 372) which was decided by this court on October 24, 1932, are companion cases and are both controlled by the same statute or ordinance of the city, as the case may be. The facts in both cases are identical…