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STATE EX REL. HOPPE v. MEYERS

No. 36021.

58 Wn.2d 320 (1961)

363 P.2d 121

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Harley H. Hoppe, Plaintiff, v. VICTOR A. MEYERS, as Secretary of State, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 12, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred J. Schweppe, for plaintiff.

The Attorney General, Philip R. Meade and Stanton P. Sender, Assistants, for respondent.

ROSELLINI, J.

This matter is before the court on an original application for a writ of mandamus, filed by a registered voter on behalf of himself and a corporation called "Overtaxed, Inc." to compel the secretary of state to submit to the people by referendum a portion of chapter 7, Laws of 1961, Ex. Ses. This act increased the motor-fuel tax and use-fuel tax from six and one-half cents to seven and one-half cents per gallon. The act provides that one-quarter cent...

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