Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Mohr v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1910No. 8648PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Main, J., entered December #, 1909, dismissing an action for an injunction, after a trial upon an agreed statement of facts.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.

This action was instituted to enjoin the city of Seattle and its officers from acting under or enforcing *69the provisions of a certain city ordinance, and to compel the defendant city, through its mayor and city council, to submit such ordinance to the qualified voters of the city for their approval or rejection, under the referendum provision of the city charter. The facts which gave rise to the present controversy, so far as deemed material, are as follows: On the 27th day of July, 1908, the city council of the city of Seattle passed Ordinance No. 19,077 entitled, “An ordinance granting to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Lewis v. EgglestonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1886
  2. Good v. Common CouncilCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
  3. La Londe v. Board of SupervisorsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1891
  4. O'Neal v. MinaryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
  5. State ex rel. Morgan v. Board of County CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1880

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Case v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Uhl v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
  3. State ex rel. Berry v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Halgren v. Welling, SEC. of StateUtah Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Jefferson Highway Transportation Co. v. City of St. CloudSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923

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