Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Shelby County
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1927PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swiggaet
The appeal in this canse is by Shelby County from a decree overruling its demurrer and sustaining the contentions advanced by the original bill of the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools.
The bill asserts title in the Board 'of Education of the Memphis City Schools to two lots of real estate in the possession of Shelby County, and seeks a decree declaring its right and title therein and a writ of possession, all of which were awarded by the Chancellor.
The bill avers that in 1874 the county trustee, having in custody for safe-keeping" the Shelby' County School Fund, described as…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leeper v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
- State v. TrueTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
- State ex rel. Bell v. CummingsTennessee Supreme Court · 1914
- Demoville & Co. v. Davidson CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1889
- Edmondson v. Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Southern Constructors, Inc. v. Loudon County Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
- City of Los Angeles v. City of San FernandoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Saundra Thompson v. Memphis City Schools Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- University of Tennessee v. Peoples BankTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
- Bedford v. ShillingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1818
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