Cheney v. Newton
Supreme Court of Georgia
County Matters. Education. Judgments. Courts. Jurisdiction. Before Judge LaWSON. Greene Superior Court. March Term, 1881. The county board of education of Greene brought suit for the use of Thornton against Newton, and others, on the bond given by said Newton as the county commissioner of education in said county.
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County Matters. Education. Judgments. Courts. Jurisdiction. Before Judge LaWSON. Greene Superior Court. March Term, 1881. The county board of education of Greene brought suit for the use of Thornton against Newton, and others, on the bond given by said Newton as the county commissioner of education in said county. They alleged that the county board of education in said county, at their regular meeting on the first Tuesday in January, 1879, passed an order which was duly entered upon the minutes of said board, which order allowed the claim of Jesse M. Thornton on the common school fund of…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This suit was brought by the teacher of a school in Greene county against the county school commissioner and his sureties for breach of the official bond of the commissioner in not paying the teacher’s account under the order of the board of education. The account was never audited by the commissioner, no contract was ever made by legal authority with this teacher, but another had been employed that year for that school district and taught in it. At the close of the plaintiff's evidence which showed these facts, the court granted a non-suit, and this is the error…
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