Halgren v. Welling, SEC. of State

This cause involves the Initiative and Referendum Law of the State of Utah, and is the second cause involving the procedure under that law to come to this court. The first case was White v. Welling, 89 Utah 335, 57 P.2d 703. None of the issues involved in the instant case were presented in that case. The statute was enacted in 1917 (Laws 1917, c. 56 [Rev. St. 1933, 25-10-1 et seq.]).

The petition filed in this court asks for double relief: First, for a writ of mandamus requiring the defendant Milton H. Welling as Secretary of State to consider, respect, and give effect to certain withdrawal…