City of Barnesville v. Means

This was a petition by the City of Barnesville and the dispensary commission of Barnesville and certain individuals, against the ordinary of Pike county, praying that the latter be enjoined from calling and ordering an election under the provisions of the act of August 1, 1906 (Acts of 1906, p. 114), providing for local-option elections in counties in this State in which the sale of whisky is not lawful except through dispensaries. After the hearing the judge refused to grant the injunction as prayed for, and the plaintiffs excepted.

1. The case as presented in the bill of exceptions raises…