Board of Public Instruction v. State

In this case the Board of Public Instruction of Escambia County filed proceedings to validate an issue of $420,000.00 of bonds in behalf of Special Tax School District No. 16 presumed to have been voted at an election held in said Special Tax School District on August 26, 1935.

It was made to appear before the court below that the number of qualified freeholders residing in that Special Tax School District and entitled to vote in that election was 2,800, while only 979 of such qualified freeholders voted in such election; and, thereupon, the Circuit Judge granted motion ■ to dismiss the…