Gleaves v. Terry

The petitioners represent that they are citizens and voters of Wythe county; that they have applied to F. H. Terry, Secretary of the Electoral Board of the county, at his office in Wytheville, and demanded the right to examine and inspect the records kept by the secretary of the proceedings of the Electoral Board, and to take written memoranda therefrom, and that said Terry, while allowing them to inspect the records in his presence, refused to permit petitioners to copy the records, or to take memoranda therefrom. The prayer of the petition is for a mandamus commanding Terry to allow…