McInnish v. . Board of Education

In our opinion his Honor was correct in denying each motion.

1. The county board of education is given the power and authority to direct and supervise the school system for the benefit of all the children in the county, and in the exercise of its functions to perform certain assigned duties. Among these is the duty of selecting sites and building schoolhouses, and the performance of this duty necessarily involves the exercise of discretion. P. L. 1923, ch. 136, sec. 28 et seq., sec. 59 et seq.

In our jurisprudence the principle is established that in the absence of gross abuse the courts will…