Morris v. Board of County Commissioners

This appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Asotin county presents the question of the validity of an election held to determine the removal of the county seat.

In the summer of 1936, the courthouse in the town of Asotin, county seat of Asotin county, was totally destroyed by fire. Thereafter, on proper petition, the question of removal of the county seat from Asotin to the city of Clarkston was submitted to the voters of Asotin county at the general election held November 3, 1936. The proposition was submitted in accordance with Rem. Rev. Stat., §§ 3998 to 4005 [P. C. §§ 1847 to…