Campana v. Calderhead
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District, Silver Bow Oov/nty. Injunction to restrain school trustees from carrying out .an order changing text books -and from completing a contract for ' supplying the new. books. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff below by McHatton, J. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The plaintiff is a resident and taxpayer in school district No. 1 of Silver Bow county.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District, Silver Bow Oov/nty. Injunction to restrain school trustees from carrying out .an order changing text books -and from completing a contract for ' supplying the new. books. Judgment was rendered for the plaintiff below by McHatton, J. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The plaintiff is a resident and taxpayer in school district No. 1 of Silver Bow county. The defendants constitute the board of trustees of said school district. On the 20th day of July, 1895, said board of school trustees made an order adopting for use in the public…
1Opinion of the CourtPemberton, C. J.
The principal question presented by the appeal is as to whether, under the laws of the state, the board of trustees has the authority to make the order changing the series of books used in the public schools of the district, and enter into the contract with the book publishing firm to furnish the same, which order and contract are set out in the statement.
On the 5th day of March, 1889, the legislature passed “An act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a series of text-books in the public schools.” This act was to continue in force for six years from the 1st day of…
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