Whitaker v. Mitchell

At the general election held in Poinsett County on November 6, 1928, a majority of the electors voted in favor of a “stock law,” and this suit was brought to enjoin the officers of the county from putting the election into effect. As ground therefor it is alleged that neither the election commissioners nor the sheriff of the county gave notice thereof by proclamation or ' otherwise, and that the election was void as having been held without legal authority.

The election was held pursuant to act 205 of the Acts, of 1927. Acts 1927, page 686. It is there provided that ten per cent, of the…