Drake v. Drewry

It appears from the record in this case that a petition was brought by nineteen persons, claiming to be residents and legal voters of Spalding county, before the ordinary, for the purpose of contesting an election held in that county under the “local option liquor law.” One ground for this contest was an allegation made only in general terms, that the result declared by the managers of the Griffin precinct was not a fair and just count; and there was a prayer for a recount of the ballots in that box. The other grounds in the petition alleged that in various other precincts in the county…