Cox v. Williams

Head, Presiding Justice.

In Williams v. Cox, 214 Ga. 354 (104 S. E. 2d 899), it was held that the referendum election authorized by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. L. 1958, p. 3022) should be “conducted as are elections for members of the General Assembly”; that the petition, which alleged that the election was held in utter disregard of the applicable law, stated a cause of action; and that it was error to dismiss the petition on general demurrer. On the subsequent trial the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, and a judgment was duly entered decreeing the referendum election to be…