Legal Opinion

Dooley v. Board of Education

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 18, 1917PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court of Kanawha County. Suit for injunction by W. R. Dooley and others against the Board of Education of Cabin Creek District and A. C. Lawrence, with cross-bill by defendant Lawrence. Decree for plaintiffs against defendant Lawrence denying the relief «ought by his cross-bill, and he appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Ritz, Judge:

The defendant board of education after consideration decided to abandon two district schools located respectively at Miami and Ronda, and to construct a consolidated graded *649school m lieu thereof at Sharon, a village between Miami and Ronda. The bbard owned a lot at Miami containing one-half acre. It selected a site at Sharon for its graded school containing about two acres. It appears that a man by the name of Kittenger had a contract to purchase this two-acre site, which was afterward turned over to the defendant A. 'C. Lawrence. The half acre lot owned by the board at Miami is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Honaker v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Shinn v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Evans v. HutchinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Bailey v. TrubyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Mohr v. County Court of Cabell CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Rogers v. City of South CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
  5. McVean v. City of ElkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944

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