Miles v. Board of Sup'rs

On December 4, 1944, a petition, purporting to contain the names of twenty percent of the qualified voters of Scott County, was filed with the board of supervisors of that county, asking the board to call an election under Section 10208, Code 1942, to determine whether or not light wines and beer could lawfully be sold, transported, etc., in Scott County.

No action was taken on that petition until the February, 1945, meeting of the supervisors. At that meeting, and on February 9, 1945, an order was adopted reciting . . ' that said petition is the petition of not less than twenty percentum…