Jellico v. Commissioners of State Elections
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Thos. M. Jellico for writ of injunction against Henry W. Connor, John H. Conlon and Wm. D. Clarke, as commissioners of State elections in and for the County of Charleston. No argument furnished Reporter.
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Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Thos. M. Jellico for writ of injunction against Henry W. Connor, John H. Conlon and Wm. D. Clarke, as commissioners of State elections in and for the County of Charleston. No argument furnished Reporter. Mr. Smith cites: Court has no power to enjoin an election: 10- Ency., 817; 82 111., 119; 61 111., 201; 62 111., 306; Hughes, 76.; 44 S. C., 256; 67 Fed., 818; 4 Wall, 475; 6 Wall, 50; 154 U. S., 554; 124 U. S., 210; 37 N. E., 683; 76 Ga., 265, 270; 78 & C., 574; Paine on Elections, sec. 940; 54 S. C., 1. Local option election is not an…
1Opinion of the Court
October 5, 1909. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an application to the Court, in the exercise of its original jurisdiction, for an order enjoining the respondents from holding an election for the purpose of determining whether the dispensaries located in Charleston county should be reopened under and by virtue of the Act of 1909, the title and sections 1, 14, 15 and 16 of which are as follows:
"An act to prohibit the manufacture, sale, barter, exchange, giving away to induce trade, the furnishing at public places or otherwise disposing of alcohol spirituous, vinous or malt…
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