State Ex Rel. Mills v. Superior Court

This is an application for a writ of prohibition. The matter was heard on the 5th day of this month and, owing to the emergency thereof, an order was entered directing that the writ issue and reciting that an opinion of the court would follow later.

At the primary election, held September 11, L. L. Lent and A. E. Mills were rival candidates for the Republican nomination for the office of member of the house of representatives from the thirty-second district, the boundaries of which coincide with the boundaries of Kitsap county. The canvass of the returns showed that Mr. Mills received 2,867…