State Ex Rel. Helgerson v. Riiff

This proceeding was instituted by a petition filed in the circuit court of Minnehaha County by Gust H. Helgerson for a writ of prohibition commanding the secretary of state, defendant, to desist and refrain from proceeding to submit Chapter 119, Laws 1949, to a vote of the electors at the next general election on the ground that, while the referendum petition filed with the secretary of state purports to be signed by the required number of electors, the number of valid signatures thereon is less than the required minimum of five per cent of the qualified electors of the state. Defendant…