Robertson v. Preston
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of 'Washington county, pronounced May 11, 1898, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellee and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The question involved in this case is the validity of sections 6 and 7 of an act approved March 3, 1882, entitled “ An act to constitute the town of Abingdon, and a certain portion of the surrounding county, a separate school district.” Acts 1881-2, p. 212.
By section 1 of the act it is provided that the town of Abingdon, and so much of the surrounding county as the trustees of the town and Cave City School District shall agree upon, shall constitute a separate school district, to be governed by the general law on the subject, except so far as modified by the provisions of the act.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State ex rel. Huston v. CommissionersOhio Supreme Court · 1856
- Black v. TrowerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
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- Hopkins v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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