Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Walter v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1908No. 7074PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, Chadwick, J., entered November 1, 1907, granting a writ of mandamus to compel the registration of the naipes of certain qualified electors of a municipality.

1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.

On October 17, 1907, one E. S. Burgan, a qualified elector of the city of Pullman, applied to the superior court in and for Whitman county for a writ of mandamus to compel George W. Walter, the city clerk, to register the plaintiff and other qualified electors, there being a dispute between them and the defendant as to the ordinance under *2which, and the ward in which, they were entitled to registration. After issue joined, trial was commenced and evidence introduced on October 29, 1907. The cause was then adjourned to October 30, 1907, at which time additional evidence was admitted and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. McElrath v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Lapeyre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Ex parte TiceOregon Supreme Court · 1897
  4. State v. DuncanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
  5. Houston, E. & W. Tex. R'y Co. v. HardingTexas Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. SniderWashington Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Bowser v. TobinIndiana Supreme Court · 1939
  3. People v. BrowningCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1933
  4. Miller v. EmersonMontana Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Freimann v. GallmeierIndiana Court of Appeals · 1945

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