State ex rel. Hubbard v. Lindsay

This action was commenced by respondent, in her capacity as a qualified elector and as representative of certain other such persons resident in part of King county fire protection district No. 2, for the purpose of obtaining a peremptory writ of mandate compelling appellants, as commissioners thereof, to pass a resolution providing for the merger of a portion of that district with King county fire protection district No. 23, a district adjacent to the area sought to be merged.

The statutory authority for such a merger, and the initial procedure therefor, is set forth in RCW 52.24.090 as…