State Ex Rel. Fatzer v. Salome

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the city officials of Wichita to accept and examine petitions under G. S. 1935, 12-107, calling for adoption of or a referendum upon a proposed ordinance repealing two resolutions adopted by the city of Wichita on August 14, 1945, and a third resolution adopted on April 22, 1947, all pertaining to flood control works in the city of Wichita and for incidental relief.

In a preliminary way it may be said that prior to 1943 United States army engineers had made a study of flood control problems…