Wright v. Ward

Tlie appellees petitioned the circuit court of Pulaski County for a mandamus to require the appellants, who are the mayor, the town recorder and the aldermen of the town of Alexander, to hold an election on the referendum of a stock ordinance which had been duly passed by the town council. The petition was in due form, setting out that the petitioners were residents of the State and of the incorporated town of Alexander, and qualified voters of the town, county and State, and that the defendants were the mayor, recorder and aider-men of the town; that they had filed their petition with the…