Panther Oil & Grease Manufacturing Co. v. Blount County Board of Education

CATES, Judge.

The circuit court, sitting without a jury, found for the defendant school board in an action in which the Panther Company claimed $724.25 due it from the board either by (Count I) account or (Count II) for merchandise, goods and chattels sold.

In May of 1956, Mr. C. B. Phillips, then Blount County Superintendent of Education, was defeated in the Democratic primary. The minutes of the regular meeting of the board held May 8, 1956, with all members present show the following:

“Mr. Cox made a motion that no money be spent for any improvements to a school building or any new equipment…