BRITTEN v. WILLIAMS

No. 6648.

293 S.W.2d 853 (1956)

Ralph BRITTEN and Ed Weller, Appellants, v. Clarence C. WILLIAMS et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adkins, Folley, McConnell & Hankins, Amarillo, for appellants.

Frank Dove, Panhandle, Sanders, Scott, Saunders & Smith, Amarillo, for appellees.


PITTS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a local option election contest filed by appellants, Ralph Britten and Ed Weller, against appellees, the named members of the Carson County, Texas, Commissioners Court, acting in their official capacities respectively. Appellants are seeking to have declared void a local option election held in Carson County, Texas, on May 5, 1956, wherein the said county, which was previously "wet," voted "dry" by a majority of 971 to...

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