Johnston v. Bramlett

On March 28, 1936, the appellants and others filed petitions, containing 1,395 names, in the White county court, praying that there be submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the county on Tues~* day, June 9, 1936, the question whether or not spirituous, vinous or malt liquors shall be sold in and throughout White county, Arkansas.

It was alleged that the petitioners were in number more than 35 per cent, of all the qualified electors of the county, and in all respects complied with article 7 of act 108, p. 290, of the Acts of 1935.

On the same day that the petitions were filed,…