Hickman College v. Trustees Colored Common School District A
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 108—Action by Trustees Colored Common School District A., &a, against Hickman College to Recover Takes Alleged to have BEEN COLLECTED BY DEFENDANT- APPEAL FROM FULTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant' Appeals.
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Case 108—Action by Trustees Colored Common School District A., &a, against Hickman College to Recover Takes Alleged to have BEEN COLLECTED BY DEFENDANT- APPEAL FROM FULTON CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiffs and Defendant' Appeals. In the year 1890, the Legislature passed an .act by which the legal white voters of common school district No. 16, should determine by' a popula» vote whether a graded free school should be organized within the district for white children exclusively, and also whether the property of the white citizen should be alone taxed -to pay certain bonds issued for the…
1Opinion of the Court
*946Opinion of the court by
JUDGE O’REAR
Affirming.
The town of Hickman, Fulton county, constitutes common school district No. 16 (white) of that county. From the allegations of the petition in this case we infer that colored common school district A, embraces the same territory. Prior to the adoption of the present Constitution the Legislature, by special acts, created the common school district No. 16 into a graded school, under the name of “Hickman College,” and authorized it to levy and collect a specific ad valorem tax on all the property of white persons and corporations in that territory, for…
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- Chambers v. AdairCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Board of Education v. Louisville, H. & St. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
- Roberts v. Clay CityCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Harrodsburg Educational District No. 28 v. Trustees of Colored School District, No. 1Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
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