Porter v. City of Paris

The question presented here is the right of the City of Paris to install parking meters on the streets of the city. The complainants, as taxpayers of the city, filed their bill in the chancery court of Henry County seeking to enjoin the installation of said meters. The defendants filed separate answers, and exhibits were filed and also a stipulation. At the hearing on the motion for a temporary injunction or restraining order, the chancellor denied the application for the relief sought and dismissed complainants’ bill .

The complaint is made that the contract for the meters was contrary to…