Mann v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““If, then, the removal of the county seat is a political question (a proposition which cannot be seriously denied), the regulation and control of which under our form of government are within the exclusive jurisdiction of tibe legislative department, it follows from the logic of State v. Jones, supra, [ 6 Wash. 452 , 34 Pac. 201 ] that the state of facts, properly certified to by the tribunal, solely empowered by the legislature to pass upon the questions involved, must be taken as conclusive. The legislature has made provisions for the determination of these facts. In these provisions it did not see fit to provide for any review or investigation by the .courts, and the courts, therefore, are without authority to act in the premises.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. Board of County Commissioners