Hanson v. Board of County Commissioners

*28OPINION

By the Court,

McNamee, J.:

This is a proceeding in mandamus instituted in the lower court to compel the board of county commissioners of Nye County to comply with sec. 244.050, Nevada Revised Statutes, which requires the county commissioners to divide the county into three commissioner districts whenever 20 percent or more of the qualified electors of any county petition them to that effect.

On February 3, 1958, 600 qualified electors of Nye County petitioned their county commissioners to divide Nye County into three districts in accordance with the provisions of said statute.1 It was…