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STATE EX REL. WASH. ETC. v. COE

No. 34133.

49 Wn.2d 849 (1957)

307 P.2d 279

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of the Washington State Sportsmen's Council, Inc., et al., Plaintiff, v. EARL COE, as Secretary of State, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 14, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pebbles & Swanson, for relators.

The Attorney General and Douglas Hartwich, Assistant, for respondent.

Marshall McCormick, Frank L. Bannon, and Quinby R. Bingham, amici curiae.

FOSTER, J.

Relators invoke the original jurisdiction of this court in mandamus to compel the secretary of state to accept the filing of an initiative petition to the legislature, which filing was refused by the secretary of state because it did not contain the number of signatures required by the thirtieth amendment to the Washington constitution.

Until December 6, 1956, the seventh amendment to the state constitution, the facilitating statute and amendments...

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