Hughes v. Smith

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

There was a majority of 573 votes in favor of prohibition in Magisterial District No. 2, of Pike County, in a local option election held September 30, 1946, the return being 1,558 and 985 votes, respectively.

• The issues in the contest of the election were the same as in Hughes v. Ramey, 305 Ky., 127, 203 S. W. 2d 63 and other cases decided today. But the appellants in this case raise the question of the validity of an order extending the time for the contestant to complete his proof from December 27, 1946, to January 6, 1947, over their…