Elbert Pearson v. L. S. Taylor

Pursuant to Section 567.12, F.S.A., a bill was filed to vacate and set aside the results of a local option election prohibiting the sale of liquor, when the pleadings were settled, and agreed statement of fact was entered into which disclosed that the -- petition submitted to the board of county commissioners for calling the election (Section 567.01, F.S.A.) contained less than 25% of the qualified electors as disclosed by the county registration books. The trial court was of the opinion that the county commissioners were, for that reason, without jurisdiction to call the election and held the same null and void.