State ex rel. Sampson v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered November £9, 191£, dismissing an action for a mandamus to secure a certificate of election.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Relator sought a writ of mandate in the lower court, requiring the county auditor to issue to him a certificate of election to the office of judge of the superior court of King county, for a short term, beginning November 5, 191£, and ending January 13, 1913. The writ was denied below, and relator now comes to this court and sues out a writ of certiorari to review the action of the lower court.
There is no dispute as to the facts. At the last general election in King county, nine judges of the superior court *485were elected for the full term commencing January 13, 1913. Four judges of that court…
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