HILL v. EVANS

No. 11527.

414 S.W.2d 684 (1967)

John L. HILL, Secretary of State, Appellant, v. Roy R. EVANS and Allen C. Matthews, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., George M. Cowden, First Asst. Atty. Gen., A. J. Carubbi, Jr., Staff Legal Asst. Atty. Gen., J. C. Davis, W. O. Shultz, James C. McCoy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Sam Houston Clinton, Jr., Austin, for appellees.


O'QUINN, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of the district court permanently enjoining Appellant John L. Hill, Secretary of State, from canvassing returns and declaring the result of an election held November 8, 1966, at which was submitted a proposed amendment to the State Constitution to repeal the poll tax as a requirement for voting.

Decision in this case depends on whether the ballot used at the election identified the proposed amendment and fairly...

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