Craig v. Barron

This is a contest of a local option election that was held in Fourche Township, Pulaski County, on June 1, 1954. As originally certified the vote was in favor of the manufacture and sale of intoxicants. A petition to contest the election was then filed by the appellees. The county court dismissed the proceeding, but on appeal the circuit court reinstated the petition and tried the cause. The court found that a total of fifty-four votes had been illegally cast in favor of the continued sale of intoxicants; the elimination of these votes changed the election result from wet to dry.

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