Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Spence

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 15, 1954No. 5-562Published

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal results from a petition for a local option election in Gray Township in Pulaski County. The petition sought an election pursuant to the provisions of Initiated Act No. 1 of 1942.1 The County Court, and the Circuit Court on appeal, held the petition to be valid; and the remonstrants are the appellants in this Court.

Only one question is presented here: whether the petition is fatally defective since many of the signers failed to state their voting precinct in Gray Township. Appellants did not claim that the Township was so large as to create any doubt as to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mondier v. MedlockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  2. Winfrey v. SmithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  3. Gocio v. HarkeySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1947

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