City of Hillyard v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 69 Wash. 423
• 125 P. 363
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 925

Syllabus

<p>Elections — Election Precincts — Establishment — Statutes— Construction. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7678, in the act entitled an act providing for the organization and government of municipal corporations, which provides that all elections in cities of the third class shall be held in accordance with the general election laws of the state so far as applicable, that the city council shall give notice of such election, etc., and establish election precincts, has reference only to municipal elections, and therefore does not conflict with Rem. & Bal. Code, § 4798, which provides that the county commissioners shall divide the county, including all cities except cities of the first class, into election precincts, based on the number of votes cast at the last general election.</p> <p>Appeal and Error—Review—Moot Question. Upon a controversy between the county commissioners and a city of the third class, over the right of the commissioners to establish election precincts in the city for the purpose of general elections, the supreme court will not, at the instance of the city, determine whether the commissioners’ action is binding upon the city as to its municipal elections, as the same is a moot question in which the commissioners have no interest.</p>