State ex rel. Cann v. Moore

The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

This is a proceeding in the nature of certiorari, denominated by our statute a “writ of review.” The facts leading up to the issuance of this are as follows: In the late county republican convention for King county, held on the 2d and 3d days of August, 1900, there were four candidates for nomination for the office of justice of the peace in the city of Seattle. The convention had the right to nominate two candidates. There were in the convention, entitled to vote, 252 delegates. In order that any candidate should be nominated, it was…