Howard v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Latimer

— Reversing.

A local option election was held in Buckeye Precinct No. 8 in Bell County on April 12, 1947, resulting in 110 votes in favor of prohibition and 98 votes opposed, or a majority of 12 votes in favor of prohibition. A contest followed in the present action. On the-contest plaintiffs below challenged the legality of 45 votes. In intervening petition defendants below challenged the legality of 20 votes, 15 of them being votes also challenged by plaintiffs. Upon discovery of this duplication in challenges the defendants by an amended intervening…