Barrett v. City of Fayetteville

The defendant assigns as error the findings that nine of the twelve persons whose names were placed on the original petition by someone other than by the persons named should be counted as valid signatures, and that 90 names appearing on the original petition requesting a referendum should be counted.

Each one of the nine persons referred to above filed an affidavit with the City Council of the City of Fayetteville on 11 October 1956 setting forth that his or her name was signed to the petition in opposition to the annexation of the area involved by the City of Fayetteville, by his wife or her…