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TOWNES v. McCOLLUM

No. 5-138.

256 S.W.2d 716 (1963)

TOWNES et al. v. McCOLLUM et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 9, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mann & McCulloch, Forrest City, for appellants.

Harold Sharpe, Forrest City, Glenn F. Walther, Little Rock, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a suit by the appellants, three taxpayers, to enjoin the Board of Election Commissioners of St. Francis County from holding an election to determine whether horse racing is to be permitted in the county. The statute provides that such an election may be called upon the petition of 15% of the qualified electors in the county. Ark. Stats.1947, § 84-2721. Here the complaint attacks the sufficiency of the petition, upon the ground...

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