Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Davidson County Board of Education v. Pollard

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions

PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. — Thos. E. Matthews, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green

The county court of Dayidson county passed a resolution appropriating out of its general funds $20,000 for school purposes. Directions were made in this order as to how this money was to be applied. Part of it was to be used for the erection of school buildings, and part of it for repairing and improving old ones.

In pursuance of this action of the county court, and upon the faith thereof, the Davidson county board of education entered into a contract with a certain firm to perform some of the work provided for in the resolution mentioned.

Later, the board requested the county judge of Davidson…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. TrueTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Kennedy v. Montgomery CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Southern Railroad v. Hamblen CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Southern v. Beeler, Atty.-Gen.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Waters v. STATE, EX REL., SCHMUTZERTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Southwest Nat. Bank v. Employers' Indemnity Corp.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1929
  4. Webb v. Board of Trustees of Webb SchoolCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1954
  5. Board of Com'rs v. Obion CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1949

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