McKee v. Goldthwaite

MADDOX, Justice.

In 1939, Olivia Arrington deeded to the appellant, Montgomery County School Board, three acres of land for a recited consideration of $60. The Board built and operated Arrington School in Montgomery County on a tract of land not deeded to it for a period of almost twenty-eight years as a school for Negro children until the school was ordered closed by the United States District Court in Montgomery.' The Board advertised the school site for sale 'and' Alfred W. Goldthwaite, heir of Olivia Arrington, and present owner of the land surrounding the school site filed this action in…