McClellan, Mayor v. Stuckey

Appellants are the mayor, aldermen and other officials of the town of Lepanto, Arkansas, and appellees are citizens and taxpayers in said town. Prior to October 14, 1935, a petition was circulated in said town and signed by more than ten qualified electors therein, praying that the town council order the taking of a census of said town for the purpose of raising it to a city of the second class, and was filed with the town recorder, who presented it to the town council at its next regular meeting held on said date. At said meeting a resolution was adopted and approved, authorizing and…