Territory of Washington ex rel. Kelly v. Stewart

Citations

• 1 Wash. 98
• 23 P. 405
• 1890 Wash. LEXIS 23

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — DELEGATING- LEGISLATIVE JUNCTIONS TO COURTS.</p> <p>A statute authorizing the creation, of a municipal corporation by a judicial court, upon petition of a majority of the inhabitants of the territory to be incorporated, is unconstitutional, as delegating legislative functions to the court. (Dunbar, J., dissents.)</p>