McFadden v. Jordan

Petitioner asks that this court by writ of mandate direct respondent Secretary of State of California not to submit to the electors, at the general election to be held on November 2, 1948, a “purported initiative amendment” to the state Constitution and “not to certify it to the Registrars of Voters and County Clerks in the State, and ... to desist from any act in aid of the submission of said purported initiative amendment to the electors.” Since the issuance of the alternative writ the proponents of the measure, as intervenors, have filed, as in the nature of a return; a general demurrer,…