Jossey v. Speer

An election was held in the county of Sumter on August 17, 1898, under the local option liquor law, for *829the purpose of dbtermining whether or not spirituous liquors should be sold in that county. On the next day, the ordinary declared the result to be “against the sale,” by a majority of 83 votes. On the 6th of September following, B. H. Jossey and a number of others presented to the judge of the superior court, a petition, alleging that the election in question was unfair and contrary to law, and praying “that such steps be taken and the court grant such orders as [it] may see fit and…