State ex rel. Cummings v. Blackwell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by petitioner in mandamus, from an order of the superior court for Okanogan county, Pendergast, J., entered June 8, 1915, directing the prosecuting attorney to make an investigation, upon overruling a demurrer to a petition to compel quo warranto proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought in mandamus by F. J. Cummings to require the prosecuting attorney of Okanogan county to file an action in quo warranto against the officers of the town of Riverside to determine the alleged invalidity of the incorporation thereof.
*82The facts alleged in the petition are substantially as follows: On November 24, 1913, the county commissioners of Okanogan county made an order incorporating the town of Riverside and including certain described lands therein. On May 10, 1915, Mr. Cummings filed his petition, alleging that he is a property owner and taxpayer within the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- State ex rel. Rosbach v. PrattWashington Supreme Court · 1912
3Cited by7 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. State Humane Society v. HoveyWashington Supreme Court · 1930
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