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HEADLEY v. OSTROOT

No. 9560.

76 N.W.2d 474 (1956)

Esther V. HEADLEY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Geraldine OSTROOT, as Secretary of State of the State of South Dakota, Defendant, Wallace F. DeVries, C. F. Riter, and Lowell L. Workman, Interveners and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

May 1, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martens, Goldsmith & May, Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent.

Phil Saunders, Atty. Gen., E. D. Barron, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Lacey & Parliman, Sioux Falls, for interveners and appellants.

RUDOLPH, Judge.

A petition purporting to be signed by 17,100 qualified electors of the state was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on June 1, 1955, for the purpose of submitting Senate Bill 6, ch. 41, Laws of 1955, to a vote of the people at the general election to be held in November 1956.

It is without dispute in the record that a large number of the signers did not add to their signatures their places of residence. It is also without dispute...

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