STATE EX REL. PENNOCK v. COE

No. 32478.

42 Wn.2d 569 (1953)

257 P.2d 190

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of William J. Pennock, Plaintiff, v. EARL COE, as Secretary of State, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 7, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah H. Lesser, for relator.

The Attorney General, E.P. Donnelly and Moksha Smith, Assistants, for respondent.


DONWORTH, J.

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the secretary of state to accept for filing the necessary documents tendered by relator for the referendum of §§ 7 and 36 of chapter 174, Laws of 1953, pp. 346, 367.

Relator in his application for the writ alleges full compliance with the statutory and constitutional requirements to entitle his committee of legal voters to seek such referendum, and that respondent refused to accept...

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