Spickerman v. Goddard
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Delaware Circuit*Court; Frank Ellis, Judge. Action by Henry E. Spickerman and others against Joseph A. Goddard and others, contesting a local option election. Prom a judgment declaring the election legal and declaring a majority in favor of prohibition, the contestants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellees filed a petition for a local option election in the city of Muncie under the provisions of the act of 1911, commonly called the Proctor Law. Acts 1911 p. 363, §§8316-8323c Burns 1914. An election was held March 9, 1914. The return of the canvassing board showed that a majority of the legal votes east favored prohibition of the sale of intoxicating liquors in the city. Appellants challenged the correctness of the return, and filed remonstrances. There was a hearing before the board of commissioners, which entered a judgment declaring the election legal, and that a majority of the…
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