Skidmore v. Clausen

Citations

• 116 Wash. 403
• 199 P. 727
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 843

Syllabus

<p>Statutes (78)—Time of Taking Effect—Initiative and Referendum—Soldier’s Bonus. Under Const., art. 2, § Id, providing that initiative and referendum measures shall he in operation thirty days after approval, the soldiers’ compensation act, Laws 1920, ch. 1, approved by popular vote on November 2, 1920, did not go into effect until December 2, 1920; and the death of a soldier entitled to a bonus, four days prior to the date of taking effect of the measure, would not entitle his estate to take thereunder (Bridges, J., dissents) .</p>