LA FLEUR v. FROST


80 A.2d 407 (1951)

LA FLEUR ex rel. ANDERSON et al. v. FROST et al. McLAUGHLIN et al. v. COLLEY et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

April 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred A. Hay, Theodore R. Brownlee, John E. Hanscomb, all of Portland, for plaintiffs.

Barnett I. Shur, Robert W. Donovan, Portland, for defendants.

Before MURCHIE, C. J., and THAXTER, FELLOWS, MERRILL, NULTY and WILLIAMSON, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Justice.

The mandamus case of LaFleur, Attorney General, ex rel. Anderson et al., and the equity case of McLaughlin et al. v. Colley et al. are companion cases presented on report with arguments in writing with the issues in each case relating to the exercise of the initiative and referendum in the City of Portland. The relators in the mandamus case are qualified voters, and the plaintiffs in equity are ten citizens and taxable inhabitants, all of the...

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