Hodges v. Dawdy
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; F. Guy Fulk, Judge; It was incumbent on appellees to show in this complaint that they had a legal right to have appellant certify the petitions out to be voted on by the people of the respective counties, and, failing in that, the demurrers should have been sustained, and the complaints dismissed. 1 Ark. 11; Id. 121; 6 Ark. 9; Id. 437; 26 Ark. 482; Id. 100; 27 Ark. 382; 45 Ark. 122; 48 Ark. 80; 87 Ark. 379. The office of Secretary of State…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; F. Guy Fulk, Judge; It was incumbent on appellees to show in this complaint that they had a legal right to have appellant certify the petitions out to be voted on by the people of the respective counties, and, failing in that, the demurrers should have been sustained, and the complaints dismissed. 1 Ark. 11; Id. 121; 6 Ark. 9; Id. 437; 26 Ark. 482; Id. 100; 27 Ark. 382; 45 Ark. 122; 48 Ark. 80; 87 Ark. 379. The office of Secretary of State is not to be made the dumping ground for petitions of every nature and character which do not fall within the purview of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The plaintiffs, J. M. Dawdy and other citizens of Dallas County, presented to the Secretary of State their petition to initiate a local or special statute directing the removal of the county seat of that county from Fordyce, its present location, to Princeton. The petition contained the signatures of 8 per cent, of the qualified electors of Dallas County, and they claim the right to initiate said statute, and the right of the people of the county to enact it, under the recent amendment to the Constitution known as the Initiative and Referendum, which was adopted by the people of the State in…
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