State ex rel. Griffin v. Superior Court

The only question involved in this case is the meaning of § 3 of the law of 1909, known as the local option law. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6294. Reference to the law will show that it was the intent of the legislature to allow an immediate election if the people of any unit so desired, and that thereafter an election should be had only at a general county or state election. The purpose of the law being thus manifest, it is contended by the respondent that the words “the last general election” in § 3, as used where reference is made to the petition, must necessarily be construed to mean the last…