Laurens County Board of Education v. Stanley

Duckworth, Justice.

Stanley and others as trustees brought suit against the Board of Education of Laurens County and others, seeking to enjoin them from removing a schoolhouse from the premises on which it was located, and from cutting timber therefrom. The petitioners claimed title under a deed, the material portions of the description contained therein being as follows: "ten acres, of land which is hereafter to be surveyed, leaving said schoolhouse in the center, . . being parts of two lots of land #93 and #94 adjoining land of John W. Smith and others.” It was alleged that "the property now…