Jones v. Dixon

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

This suit was filed in the county court to contest an election on the question of building a county hospital under authority of Amendment No. 17 to the Constitution, as amended by Amendment, No. 25. The principal issue is whether the county court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear the election contest.

The election was held on December 22, 1956, and on the 26th day of December the county court entered an order declaring that a majority of the electors had voted for construction of the hospital. On January 10, less than twenty days later, this action was…