State ex rel. Case v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review judgments of the superior court for Thurston county, Mitchell and Claypool, JJ., entered September 3, 1914, upon appeals from the decisions of the secretary of state, upon canvassing the returns for the submission of initiative measures at the general election.
1DissentGose, J.
(dissenting) — The majority opinion is predicated upon what I conceive to be two fundamental errors. First, that the certificate of the certifying officer, if it substantially conforms to the requirements of the statute, has absolute verity and finality; and second, that neither the secretary of state nor the courts have the power to purge the petitions of fraudulent signatures.
Both the secretary of state and two trial judges, after an exhaustive and painstaking examination of the petitions (the latter aided by an expert in handwriting), have found that the petitions are honeycombed with…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- In Re Initiative Petition No. 23, State Question No. 38Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- State ex rel. Halliburton v. RoachSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- Doty Lumber & Shingle Co. v. Lewis CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1910
- State v. OlcottOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- State v. CarrollWashington Supreme Court · 1910
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