State ex rel. Smith v. Cline

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This action was brought by the attorney-general in the name of the state to compel the board of county commissioners of Montgomery county to redistrict the county by dividing it into three commissioner districts as compact and equal in population as possible, in accordance with the requirements of the statute. According to the official census of 1927, the population of the county was 57,438 persons; and prior to July 5,1927, the population of the first district was 8,743, the second district, 18,756, and the third district, 29,939. One…