Shoup Voting MacHine, Corp. v. Hamilton County

The bill herein was filed under section 8835 et seq. of the Code to obtain a declaration as to whether a resolution to purchase voting machines by Hamilton County had been adopted by the quarterly county court of that county. An answer was filed and the case tried on stipulation of facts. The chancellor was of opinion that the resolution involved failed to pass the quarterly county court and dismissed the bill.

At its April, 1940, term, proceeding under authority of chapter 159 of the Acts of 1937, the quarterly county court passed a resolution to the effect that the voting machine method of…