WATTS v. O'CONNELL


247 S.W.2d 531 (1952)

WATTS v. O'CONNELL, Secretary of State.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 28, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. T. Moynahan, Jr., Nicholasville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jo M. Ferguson, Ass't. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SIMS, Justice.

John C. Watts, a resident and citizen of Kentucky and now a representative in Congress who intends to be a candidate to succeed himself, suing on behalf of himself and all other citizens and candidates similarly situated, brought this declaratory action against Charles K. O'Connell, Secretary of State. The petition avers that House Bill 400 which became effective on March 6, 1952, in reapportioning the State into 8 congressional districts violated section...

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