Van Gundy v. Caudle, County Judge

On May 1,1943, a petition was filed in the county court of Washington county purporting to be signed by fifteen per cent, of the qualified electors in White Eiver township in said county. The petition prayed that a local option election be held in said township under the provisions of Initiated Act No. 1 of 1942 (see page 998 of the Acts of 1943). After published notice, there was a public hearing on said petition on May 8, 1943, in the county court, resulting in: (1) a finding that the petition was signed by the requisite number of qualified electors, and was in due and proper form, and (2)…