Darden v. Macon County

EMBRY, Justice.

This is a suit by eight citizens of Macon County against Macon County and its Commissioners, the Macon County Hospital Association and its Directors, and the City of Tuskegee.

The crux of the action is an attempt by the citizens to prevent liquidation of Macon County Hospital by the Board of Directors of the Macon Hospital Association, and to require that the facility be reopened. In the alternative, the citizens seek abolition of a sales tax, the proceeds from which, they contend, should be used for hospital purposes. In addition relief is sought by way of a judgment effecting…