County Commissioners v. State ex rel. Patton
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Erauldiu county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
The act of June 2d, 1887, providing for the enforcement of the Local Option or L9th Article of the Constitution, makes it the duty of the inspectors of election, appointed thereunder, to canvass the vote cast and to make due returns of the same to the County Commissioners of the county in which an election may be held.
The purpose of the proceedings in this case is to compel the Commissioners of Eranklin county to receive the returns of an election held in that county under said act, (Chapter 3700,) on the 23d day of last August, and to file the same as public records and documents of the…
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- Marshall v. DonovanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
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