Garland County Board of Election Commissioners v. Ennis

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

On September 18, 1956, a petition was filed in the Garland County Court, signed "Garland County Board of Election Commissioners, By R. Julian Glover, its Attorney.” In this petition it was alleged that, due to changes in modes of travel and in population, etc., certain rural townships in the county "should be abolished, annexed and consolidated as follows:” (Here is set out in detail the proposed changes in several townships.) The prayer was that the matter be set for hearing by the Court on October 2,1956, after advertising notice of said hearing for two weeks in…