Wilson v. Lawrence

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Perry

Affirming.

On September 15, 1936, a local option election was held in Russell county, Ky., pursuant to the provisions of chapter 1, Acts of the 1936, G-eneral Assembly. A large majority of the votes cast at this election were in favor of adopting the Local Option Law within the county.

Thereafter, on October 8, 1936, the appellant, O. W. Wilson, while nominally styling himself a contestant, filed an equity suit in the Russell circuit court, seeking injunctive relief, against a county judge, county clerk, sheriff, and election commissioners of the county, whom…