Puckett v. Snider
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 33 — Action to Have Local Option Election Adjudged Void— APPEAL FROM SPENCER CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The statute which requires not less than ten to contest an election before the county board is mandatory, and less than that number can not he heard. 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, pp. 467, 468, and cases and notes; State v. Bradish, 37 L. R. A., 289, and cases cited; Ky.
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Case 33 — Action to Have Local Option Election Adjudged Void— APPEAL FROM SPENCER CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendants and Plaintiffs Appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The statute which requires not less than ten to contest an election before the county board is mandatory, and less than that number can not he heard. 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, pp. 467, 468, and cases and notes; State v. Bradish, 37 L. R. A., 289, and cases cited; Ky. Stat., sec. 2566, sub-sec. 2. 2. One or more citizens may enjoin the County Clerk from having the certificate of the canvassing board put to record. Lafferty…
1Opinion of the Court
*263Opinion of the court by
JUDGE GUFFY
Affirming.
It appears from, the petition in the case that on the 7th June, 1897, a petition was presented to the county judge of Spencer county, signed by the voters- in Mt. Eden precinct, exceeding 25 per cent, thereof, petitioning the judge to make an order directing an. election to bfa held in said district to take the sense of the voters upon the proposition whether -or not spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors should be sold, bartered, or loaned therein. On the next county court day thereafter the said county judge directed Sheriff A. J. Massie to open a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wilson v. HinesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
- Stine v. BerryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1894
3Cited by6 opinions
- Erwin v. BentonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- State ex rel. H. W. Metcalf Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
- Cary v. Simpson, County JudgeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Craig v. SpitzerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Neal v. ManningCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
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