Williams v. Lee
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from chancery court of Scott county. Hon. H. C. Tann, Chancellor. Proceeding between W. F. Williams and others and H. O. Lee and others. From the decree rendered, the former appeals. Ludlow Consolidated Public School District is a line school lying partly in the counties of Scott, Rankin, and Leake and near the corner of the counties of Scott and Leake, the school building being just over the line in Scott county.
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Appeal from chancery court of Scott county. Hon. H. C. Tann, Chancellor. Proceeding between W. F. Williams and others and H. O. Lee and others. From the decree rendered, the former appeals. Ludlow Consolidated Public School District is a line school lying partly in the counties of Scott, Rankin, and Leake and near the corner of the counties of Scott and Leake, the school building being just over the line in Scott county. During the month of June, 1915, orders were passed by the several boards. Each board designated and described the territory to be placed in the district from its county…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
This is an injunction suit in chancery to determine the question of whether or not new territory may be added to an existing consolidated school district prior to the enactment of chapter 198, Laws of 1922, where there is no petition for such purpose, and no joint action by the boards of trustees of the consolidated district and those of the district seeking to be added, nor any previous action on the part of the county superintendents, where the territory of the proposed enlarged consolidated district lies in three counties, nor any other action on the part of the school officials of the…
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- Trustees of Walton School v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1917
- Town of Carrollton v. Town of North CarrolltonMississippi Supreme Court · 1915
- Williams v. LeeMississippi Supreme Court · 1923
- Keeton v. Board of SupervisorsMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
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- Yeager v. MerrittMississippi Supreme Court · 1929