Brewton v. Rowell

Benham, Judge.

Appellant, a county commissioner, was found to be in contempt of an order of the trial court enjoining the unauthorized use of county equipment and requiring that expenditures of county funds for projects of certain types be approved by the county commission at public meetings. The sole issue for our determination is whether the trial court erred in holding appellant in contempt.

Appellant argues that the particular project for which he authorized the expenditure of county funds was within his administrative powers and, therefore, not within the ambit of the trial court’s…