Floyd County Fiscal Court v. Floyd County Board of Education

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Settle

Reversing.

This appeal is prosecuted by the Floyd county fiscal court from a judgment of the circuit court of that county awarding, at the suit of the Board of Education of the county, a writ of mandamus compelling it to amend the tax levy for school purposes made December 28, 1916, for the year 1917, by increasing such tax from 15 cents ad valorem and 25 cents on each poll, to 20 cents ad valorem and $1.00 on each poll.

It appears from the record that the Board of Education on the 20th of September, 1916, met and made the following order:

“Upon the…