Barnes v. Barnett

This suit originated as an action in the Chancery Court of Jackson County to enjoin a special election to be held on June 7, 1960, on a constitutional amendment. The issue is whether the trial court was correct in refusing to enjoin holding of the election on the amendment, where the bill alleged procedural and substantive defects in the legislative resolution ordering.its submission, the notice of election, and the proposed method of holding it. We conclude that the injunction was properly denied.

Miss. Const. Sec. 273, as amended in 1959, provides the method of amending the State’s…