Gazaway v. Godfrey

1. The duty of laying off a county into school districts, of rearranging or consolidating such districts, is imposed by law upon the county board of education.

2. It has been held by this court, and it is the general rule, that courts will not interfere with the exercise of discretion imposed by law upon school authorities, unless there is an abuse of discretion. Beckham v. Gallemore, 147 Ga. 323, 324 (93 S. E. 884); Bryant v. Board of Education of Colquitt County, 156 Ga. 688 (119 S. E. 601). The courts would interfere if the action of the school authorities was' arbitrary, wilful, or…