Davis v. Jerry

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

The appellants brought a taxpayer’s suit in the Union County Chancery Court to enjoin the county judge and election commissioners from signing a contract for the purchase of voting machines. The injunction was refused by the chancellor and appellants rely on the following points for reversal:

‘ ‘ There was a failure to comply with the county purchasing procedure act.

“ There was a failure to comply with the freedom of information act.”

At the general election in 1966 the people of Union County voted in favor of purchasing voting machines for that county. Several meetings…