STATE EX REL. O'BRIEN v. MASSENGILL


756 S.W.2d 246 (1988)

STATE of Tennessee, on the Relation of E.M. O'BRIEN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Jenny MASSENGILL, James Durdin, Verdell Pierce, and Roy Cole, in their capacity as the Benton County Election Commission, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Farmer, Spragins, Barnett, Guy, Farmer & Cobb, Jackson, for plaintiff/appellant.

John W. Whitworth, Camden, for defendants/appellees.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This action was initiated by a complaint for mandamus in the Benton County Chancery Court. The suit charged that defendants, acting in their capacity as the Benton County Election Commission, had failed to abide by the requirements of T.C.A. § 2-9-109. This code section mandates that precincts having more than three hundred (300) registered voters shall be equipped by the county in which they are located with voting machines for...

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