Cates v. Williams

Hall, Justice.

This appeal is a continuation of the litigation over recent attempted appointments to the Fulton County Board of Elections, which we earlier considered in Williams v. Cates, 235 Ga. 651 (221 SE2d 422) (1975). The facts of the dispute are set out in that opinion. We ruled there that Williams, as a political party chairman, was an "appointing authority” under the controlling Local Act (Ga. L. 1967, pp. 3211-3215) and that the trial court erred in dismissing his quo warranto petition. Subsequently, the trial court, on stipulated facts, considered the merits of the petition and…