County School Board of Hanover County v. Shelton

Samuel W. Shelton, as “a resident, freeholder and tax payer” filed a bill for an injunction in the Circuit Court of Hanover County against the County School Board, in which he sought perpetually to enjoin the Board “from spending the proceeds” from a school bond issue.

The Board filed a demurrer and answer to the bill, and the case was submitted on the pleadings and a stipulation. The final decree overruled the demurrer and granted the relief prayed for, to which we awarded the Board an appeal.

The bill conceded that the proceedings authorizing the bond issue were regular and in accordance with…