Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Millsaps v. Board of Education

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

FROM BLOUNT. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Blount County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari from the Court of Civil Appeals to the Supreme Court. George L. Burke, Judge.

1Per curiam

- A petition was filed in the circuit court of Blount county against the defendant to compel it to locate a schoolhouse in a particular part of the Seventeenth civil district of the .county. The relief asked was refused by the circuit court, and on appeal to the court of civil appeals this judgment was affirmed.

We think both courts decided correctly. The defendant board acted under chapter 286, p. 845, of the Acts of 1907. That act provides, among other things, that it shall be the duty of the county board of education “to locate schools where deemed most convenient, having due regard for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Insurance Co. v. CraigTennessee Supreme Court · 1901
  2. State ex rel. Bond v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Williams v. Dental ExaminersTennessee Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Whitesides v. StuartTennessee Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Peerless Construction Co. v. BassTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
  2. State Ex Rel. Morris v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1961
  3. State Ex Rel. Motlow v. ClarkTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
  4. Long v. National Bureau of Casualty UnderwritersTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Davis v. Fentress County Board of EducationTennessee Supreme Court · 1966

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