Board of School Directors of Caldwell Parish v. Meridith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirtieth Judicial District Court, Parish of Caldwell; George Wear, Sr., Judge. Action by the Board of School Directors of Caldwell Parish against J. J. Meridith and another, liquidators. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion
On the Merits.
SOMMERVILLE, J.
[2] In 1838, the Legislature, by Act No. 76, p. 79, established the Pine Grove Academy in the parish of Caldwell, “to be useful to the inhabitants of the parish of Caldwell” in an educational way; and it named 15 persons, constituting them “a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the trustees of the Pine Grove Academy.” The corporation was given perpetual succession, and “all such other powers as are exercised and possessed by other corporations in this state of a similar nature.” The trustees were named as the incorporators of the corporation, but…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Board of Directors of Public Schools v. Louisiana Central Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- School Board v. MeredithSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916