HOWARD v. CARTY


275 S.W.2d 68 (1955)

Max HOWARD et al., Petitioners, v. Silas CARTY, as Judge of the Magoffin County Kentucky Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon J. Shaikun, Louisville, for petitioners.

Earl R. Cooper, Salyersville, for respondent.


STEWART, Chief Justice.

This original action, filed pursuant to RCA 1.420, seeks a writ of mandamus against respondent, the county judge of Magoffin County, to require the calling of a local option election in the City of Salyersville.

The allegations of the petition are, in substance, that petitioners, voters of the above city, filed in the county court on November 24, 1954, a petition sufficient in all respects according to KRS 242.020 to require the county...

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