Jones v. Etheridge

CoNley Byrd, Justice.

This is a wet and dry local option election contest between appellants, William H. Jones et al, the contestants, and appellees, Jack Ethe-ridge et al, the contestees. The legal issues involved are:(1) Can a local option liquor election be held within three years of a prior such election;(2) The sufficiency of a petition for contest which does not charge any specified vote was illegally cast but contains only generalities or conclusions to the effect that illegal votes were cast; and(3) Can a petition for the contest of an election be amended, after the expiration of the…