Britten v. Williams

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a local option election contest filed by appellants, Ralph Britten and Ed Weller, against appellees, the named members of the Carson 'County, Texas, Commissioners Court, acting in their official capacities respectively. Appellants are seeking to have declared void a local option election held in Carson County, Texas, on May 5, 1956, wherein the said county, which was previously “wet,” voted “dry” by a majority of 971 to 949 votes. Appellants have attacked only the form of the written application for the issuance of a local option petition signed by…