Legal Opinion
Morman v. Bd. of Ed. of Richmond County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 1962No. 21628PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Presiding Justice.
1. Generally, a county board of education is not a body corporate with authority to sue and be sued. Smith v. Board of Ed. of Washington County, 153 Ga. 758 (2) (113 SE 147); Board of Ed. of Baker County v. Hall, 189 Ga. 615, 617 (2) (7 SE2d 183); Duffee v. Jones, 208 Ga. 639, 645 (68 SE2d 699); Smith v. Maynard, 214 Ga. 764 (2) (107 SE2d 815).
The act approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, pp. 1435-1460), creating the “Richmond County Educational System,” provides in § 2 that the “Board of Education shall be a body politic and corporate in law, and as such may…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Arthur v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Coleman v. GlennSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Smith v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Talmadge v. CordellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Duffee v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Undercofler v. ScottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Cook v. Colquitt County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Ray v. Cobb County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Foster v. Cobb County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Davis v. GRIFFIN-SPALDING CTY., GA., BD. OF ED.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1976
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