Edwards v. Board of Education of Yancey County

Tbe legal questions arising on tbis appeal have been unduly complicated and obscured by tbe manner in wbicb tbe action bas been brought and developed. Tbe issues involved appear in simpler guise if tbe judicial gaze is focused on certain significant matters at tbe outset.

Tbe plaintiffs seek tbe aid of equity. Tbey ask an injunction requiring tbe defendants to refrain from doing a particular thing. There are only two defendants. Tbey are tbe Board of Education of Yancey County, and Frank W. Howell, tbe Superintendent of Public Instruction of Yancey County. Tbe Board of Education of Yancey…