REEVES v. ZIRKLE


331 S.W.2d 723 (1960)

Ivory REEVES et al., Petitioners, v. Charles B. ZIRKLE, Pro Tem Judge, Jefferson County Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Crumlin, Louisville, for petitioners.

W. G. Hume, Louisville, for Miles Park, Inc., objecting to the petition.

Chas. W. Dobbins, County Atty., James E. Thornberry, James R. Mansfield, Jr., Asst. County Attys., Louisville, for respondent.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

By an original proceeding in this Court, Ivory Reeves and others seek an order which in effect would require the county judge pro tem of Jefferson County to enter an order calling a local option election in a certain territory in Jefferson County which the petitioners designate as "Old Precinct No. 26." Although the petition denominates the relief sought as an order of "prohibition," in substance what is asked for is an order of mandamus, compelling...

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