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McFERRIN v. KNIGHT

No. 78-294.

580 S.W.2d 463 (1979)

Bob McFERRIN et al., Appellants, v. Arnold KNIGHT, Circuit and County Clerk et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, In Banc.

May 7, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Osmon and Norman C. Wilber, Mountain Home, Murphy, Blair, Post & Stroud, by H. David Blair, Batesville, for appellants.

D. Drew Luttrell, Mountain Home, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This appeal in effect challenges the validity of a local option election held in Baxter county in connection with the general election on November 7, 1978. The electors voted in favor of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within the county. We reverse the chancellor's decree and dismiss the case, on the ground that a chancery court has no jurisdiction to review the sufficiency of a petition seeking a local option election...

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