May v. Ferguson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 53. — ELECTION CONTEST BY JOHN T. MAY AND OTHERS AGAINST J. B. FERGUSON AND OTHERS. ' Appeal from Muhlenberg Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. From the judgment, contestants appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The petition asking for an election in a magisterial district No. 1 was insufficient and fatally defective. Kentucky Statutes, Section 2554; Nall v. Tinsley, 54 S. W., 187; Davis v. Henderson, 104 S. W. 1009; 8th Kentucky Law Rep.
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CASE 53. — ELECTION CONTEST BY JOHN T. MAY AND OTHERS AGAINST J. B. FERGUSON AND OTHERS. ' Appeal from Muhlenberg Circuit Court. W. P. Sandidge, Circuit Judge. From the judgment, contestants appeal. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The petition asking for an election in a magisterial district No. 1 was insufficient and fatally defective. Kentucky Statutes, Section 2554; Nall v. Tinsley, 54 S. W., 187; Davis v. Henderson, 104 S. W. 1009; 8th Kentucky Law Rep. (abstract), 463; Napier v. Cornett, 68 S. W„ 1076. ' 2. The status of the territory to be affected was such that the magisterial district…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Lassing
Reversing.
In August, 1903, a local option election was .held under the law then in force for the entire county of Muhlenberg. At that election a separate vote was had within Central City. The county voted dry and ihe city wet. No election has been held in the entire county since that time. October 6, 1906, another election was held in Central City, and the city again voted wet. In July, 1908, petitions were filed with ;he county judge, signed by the requisite number of voters residing in magisterial district No'. 1, which is composed of six voting…
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