State ex rel. Navin v. Weir

Citations

• 26 Wash. 501
• 67 P. 226
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 675

Syllabus

<p>ELECTIONS CONTEST •— JURISDICTION OF CITY COUNCIL.</p> <p>Art. 18, § 9, of the freeholders’ charter of the city of Seattle, which provides that the city council shall decide all questions as to the qualification and election of its own members, in all cases of contested elections, is invalid, since no constitutional nor statutory provision authorizes cities of the first class to assume jurisdiction of contested elections nor empowers cities to confer such jurisdiction upon the tribunals of any character.</p>