Commonwealth v. School Board
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk. Decree for the defendants. Complainants • appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The. object of this suit was to enjoin and restrain the school board of the city of Norfolk from carrying out a contract with the A. II. Andrews Company, which it had attempted to make for the delivery by that company of certain school furniture for use in the public schools of the city of Norfolk.
Prior to the act of assembly approved March 15, 1906 (Oh. 248, Acts 1906, p. 432), the school boards in the counties and cities of the Commonwealth were clothed with power to select school furniture for the use of the public schools in their respective jurisdictions. Code, sec. 1466, sub-sections 9…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Button v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- South & Western Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- Mitchell v. WittSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Commonwealth v. Moore & GoodsonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. N. & W. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1892
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