Priest v. James

It is a familar principle of law that the authority to hold an election of officers of the government is legislative and political, and that equity cannot enjoin the exercise of such power: 2 Joyce on Injunctions, § 1386-a. This rule has been upheld time after time. It does not apply, however, to void elections such as the proposed election involved herein.

If the County Court in this case had no jurisdiction to order an election to be held for the creation of a port district already within the boundaries of a lawfully existing port district, the case is properly before us. The cause is here.…