Legal Opinion
Board of Education v. Young
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 8, 1939No. 12576PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
1. The act approved August 23, 1872 (Ga. L. 1872, pp. 456-463), provided a special system of public instruction in Bichmond County, by creating and incorporating a county board of education, and prescribing its duties and methods of procedure. See Smith v. Bohler, 72 Ga. 546, 552. The present constitution of 1877, by art. 8, sec. 5, par. 1 (Code, § 2-7001), provided that “Existing local school-systems shall not be affected by this constitution,” and thus preserved such local county systems, notwithstanding the additional provision of art. 8, sec. 1, par. 1 (Code, §…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bryant v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Smith v. BohlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- Orr v. RileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Barber v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Green v. Snellville Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Marcus Holley v. The Seminole County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Hall v. NelsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Clark v. BeverlySupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
- Undercofler v. ScottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- State Ex Rel. McNeal v. Avoyelles Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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