Cunningham v. Shelby County Board of Education

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment condemning three acres of land, owned by the appellants, as a schoolhouse site for a consolidated school, and awarding them $1,-'600.00 as compensation therefor.

The grounds urged for reversal are: (1) That appellees are without power to condemn more than one acre of land for such purpose; (2) that the proof shows without contradiction that this site was not conveniently located as required by law; and (3) that the court erred in the instruction upon the measure of damages.

1. Under the school law enacted in 1893,…