Earle v. Harrison County Board of Education

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

The appellants, Herschel G. Earle et al., as citizens and taxpaying voters of Harrison County, appeal from a judgment in favor of the Harrison County Board of Education upholding the validity of the Board’s order closing the Berry Elementary School. In essence, the question presented on appeal is whether a county board of education is bound by the announced program for which a building fund tax levy election is held. The levy was voted.

The court’s findings of fact and conclusions of the law best state the case and are as follows:

“FINDINGS OF FACT

“1. In a joint meeting of the…