Henry v. Bd. of Sup'rs Newton Co.

In August 1947 the Board of Supervisors of Newton County made "an order declaring the transportation, storage, sale, distribution, receipt and/or manufacture of wine and beer of the kind and character legalized by Chapter 171 of the Mississippi Laws of 1934 to be unlawful in Newton County." This order of the Board has been brought to this Court by an order of certiorari. It was based on an election held in July 1947, pursuant to an order of the board made on July 4, 1947. Section 10208, Code 1942, under which the order for this election was made, provides that "no election on the question…