State ex rel. Cole v. City of New Whatcom
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Whatcom County. Information in the nature of quo warranto by the prosecuting attorney of Whatcom county against the city of New Whatcom, and its mayor and councilmen, praying that said mayor and city council be forever excluded from exercising the privileges and franchises as officers of said corporation, and thatthe city of New Whatcom beadjudged not a municipal corporation duly and regularly organized under the laws of this state, and that said…
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Appeal from Superior Court, Whatcom County. Information in the nature of quo warranto by the prosecuting attorney of Whatcom county against the city of New Whatcom, and its mayor and councilmen, praying that said mayor and city council be forever excluded from exercising the privileges and franchises as officers of said corporation, and thatthe city of New Whatcom beadjudged not a municipal corporation duly and regularly organized under the laws of this state, and that said city be adjudged to be usurping franchises and privileges of a municipal corporation. A demurrer, on the ground that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
The issue in this case make the existence of thecity of New Whatcom, Whatcom county, depend upon our answer to the following questions: (1) Must the vote of the electors of two municipal corporations, which propose to consolidate under the provisions of § 10 of the act of March 27,1890 (Acts, p. 138), be taken at a general election in accordance with the second clause of article 11, § 10 of the constitution, or may it be taken at a special election, as permitted by the act ? (2) Is the subject-matter of § 10 within the title of the act…
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