Garvey v. Cain

This is a contest of a local option election held within commissioners’ precinct No. 3, Liberty county, on September 11, 1916, for the purpose of determining whether the sale of intoxicating liquor should be' prohibited by law within said precinct. The result, as found by the commissioners’ court, was a majority of two votes in favor of prohibition. The statement of the contest, was filed and served on the contestee within the statutory period, and on a trial in the district court, the court sustained the challenges of the contestant in part, and those of the contestee, on his…