Flowers v. Shearer

This is a contest of a local option election in Ochiltree county, Tex., held under the provisions of articles 666 — 1 et seq. and 667 — 1 et seq., Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, as enacted by the Second Called Session of the Forty-fourth Legislature, and more commonly known as "The Texas Liquor Control Act."

In 1933 (see Acts 1933, p. 971) art. 16, section 20, of the State Constitution was amended to authorize local option elections for the purpose of determining whether vinous and malt liquors not exceeding 3.2 per cent. alcoholic content by weight should be authorized. Ancillary to the…