Poindexter v. Board of Ed. of Independent School Dist. No. 39

This action was instituted by the plaintiffs, as resident taxpayers of independent school district No. 39> of Gage, to restrain the defendant Jimmie Martin and the other defendants, as members of the school board of said school district, from opening or attempting to open the public schools of the district during the school period of the year 1934-1935. It is alleged that the defendant members of the school board had entered into an illegal contract with the defendant Jimmie Martin, as superintendent of the- schools for the fiscal year involved. The action sought to enjoin the parties to the…