Mayor of Gainesville v. Simmons

Lumpkin, Justice.

We shall not deal specially with all of the various questions presented by the record in this case, but shall refer 'briefly to those only of them which are of controlling importance. The plaintiffs below undertook by equitable petition to restrain the Mayor and Council of Gainesville from doing certain acts in maintaining the public schools of that city, which had been established under legislative enactments. The injunction prayed for was in part granted, and in part refused. The material points in the case will appear from what is said below.

I. In 1883 the General…