Howard v. Carty

STEWART, Chief Justice.

This original action, filed pursuant to RCA 1.420, seeks a writ of mandamus against respondent, the county judge of Magoffin County, to require the calling of a local option election in the City of Salyers-ville.

The allegations of the petition are, in substance, that petitioners, voters of the above city, filed in the county court on November 24, 1954, a petition sufficient in all respects according to KRS 242.020 to require the county judge to call a local option election. The respondent judge considered the petition on December 27, 1954, at which time a response…