Holmgreen v. Perkins
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Jim Wells County; W. B. Hopkins, Judge. Action by A. F. Holmgreen against W. R. Perkins and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoursund, J.
In 1877 an election was held in justice’s precinct No. 3 of Nueces county to determine whether or not the sale of intoxicating liquors should 'be prohibited in said precinct. A majority voted “for prohibition,” and the result was duly declared, and prohibition went into effect; all steps having been taken in accordance with the requirements of law. The Thirty-Second Legislature created'Jim Wells county from a part of Nueces county; the part taken including a large part of said justice’s precinct No. 3. Jim Wells county was divided into commissioners’ precincts in accordance with the…
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