Lively v. Brown, Sheriff

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Cammack

Affirming.

In a local option election held in the Grarnettsville precinct in Meade County on September 28, 1946, the drys received 163 votes and the wets 129 votes, making a majority of 34 votes for the drys. The appellants, plaintiffs below, filed a contest wherein they set up numerous grounds to have the election set aside. A special judge sustained demurrers to several paragraphs of the petition and heard evidence on others. The final outcome of the action was that the petition was dismissed. Eight reasons, are given on this appeal to have the judgment of…