Huntworth v. Tanner
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Mitchell, J., entered March 1915, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action to enjoin the enforcement of the employment agency law, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to restrain a threatened arrest and prosecution for alleged violation of initiative measure No. 8, being popularly known as the employment agency law./ Prior to the last general election, there was initiated a measure entitled:
“An act to prohibit the collection of fees for the securing of employment or furnishing information leading thereto and fixing a penalty for violation thereof.”
*672Upon the initiation of the measure, the Attorney General, as required by law, submitted to the secretary of state a ballot title, in form as follows:
“An act to prohibit the…
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