Williams v. Citizens
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Crittenden Circuit Court. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge. 1. The evidence fails to show a majority of the adult inhabitants in the prescribed area, in favor of the petition. 2. The Court erred in ruling out the counter petition. 3. There was no case for a jury trial. 4. Some of the jury were incompetent. Some had fixed opinions. Some were signers of the petition and parties to the suit, &c., &e.
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
Eakin, J.
At the July term, 1881, ef the Crittenden County Circuit Court, a petition was presented purporting to be signed by a majority of the adult inhabitants within three miles of two Churches at Marion, situated about 200 yards apart. It sought an order to prohibit the sale, or giving away, of liquors within that area. J. C. "Williams and certain others, licensed vendors of liquor, were admitted to defend, and oppose the order. They filed a counter petition containing a great many names, together with a demurrer and answer to the original petition. The County Court sustained the…
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