Joy, Draheim & Cox v. Green

This appeal involves the right of the appellants to hold membership on the County School Board of Arlington county.

John Locke Green, hereinafter called the plaintiff, suing as a citizen and taxpayer of Arlington county, filed his bill in the court below against Barnard Joy, E. R. Draheim and Warren Cox, hereinafter called the defendants, seeking to vacate the office of the defendants as members of the County School Board, on the ground that they were employees of the Federal Government and for that reason, under the provisions of Code, § 2-27, disqualified to hold such office. By their…