Sloan v. Blytheville Special School District No. 5

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). The sole question raised by the appeal is whether the funds derived from the sale of sixteenth section school lands under the statute should be credited to the inhabitants of the school district in which the land is situated as provided by the earlier act.

The contention of appellees, who were the plaintiffs in the court below, is that the statute providing that the proceeds arising from the sale of sixteenth section lands shall be a part of the permanent school funds of the State is invalid because inconsistent with the act of Congress granting the school…