Hilzinger v. Gillman
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered February 11, 1909, dismissing an action to enjoin the city clerk from certifying to an elector’s petition for a recall, after sustaining demurrers to the complaint, and overruling a demurrer to a petition in intervention.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This action was instituted by the appellant to enjoin the city comptroller, who is ex officio city clerk of the city of Everett, a city of the first class, from certifying to the city council that a certain electors’ petition was sufficient and in conformity with the provisions of the city charter. The complaint avers that the appellant has been duly elected as a councilman to represent the sixth ward in the city, for the term ending the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1910; that he qualified and is acting as such; that the respondent Gillman is the comptroller and ex officio…
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