Bowles v. Knight

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Affirming.

Until the effective date of the 1934 codification of the school laws, the colored schools of Hopkinsville were conducted by a board of education elected and functioning under section 3462, Statutes. An election for five members of the board was held September 19, 1933. The candidates were grouped under the classication of old board and new board. By the returns the old board was elected. The others brought a contest, and much evidence was heard. The trial court adjudged there was no election, and from that judgment the members of the old…