Taylor v. Betts

Opinion of thf. Court by

Wm. Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

Tliis appeal involves the validity of a local option election in Nicholasville, Kentucky, a city of the fourth class, on February 15th, 1910. The contest board and the circuit court held the election valid, and the contestants appeal.

There was a majority of thirty-five votes in favor of the sale of spirituous, vinons and malt liquors. Nicholasville has three voting precincts, and this majority was obtained in two of the precincts. The exact number of votes cast in each precinct does not appear in the record.

The question submitted…