Gaines v. O'Connell

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

The case presents two questions concerning the actions taken by the General Assembly and the Secretary of State for holding a referendum “to take the sense of the people of the átate as to the necessity and expediency of calling a convention for the purpose of revising or amending” the Constitution of Kentucky. One question is presented in a suit by a representative taxpayer, and a group of citizens opposing the convention as intervenors, to have the Acts of the Legislature declared invalid and to enjoin the Secretary of State from pro…