Glover v. Hot Springs Kennel Club

Ed P. McPaddin, Associate Justice.

This appeal necessitates a study of Act No. 191 of the 1957 Legislature.1 The question presented is whether it is necessary for the proposition submitted to the voters under § 9 of the Act No. 191 to receive merely a majority of all the votes cast at the election, or must the proposition receive a majority of all of the poll tax holders of the county involved.

The appellee, Hot Springs Kennel Club, Inc., filed action in the Garland Circuit Court against the appellants, being the Garland County Election Commissioners; and prayed inter alia, that the Court…