Byrd v. Board of Educ. of Mercer County

WORKMAN, Justice:

The Mercer County Board of Education (“Board”) appeals from the June 15, 1995, order of the Circuit Court of Mercer County finding a special levy approved by Mercer County voters to be invalid. Appellees, a group of Mercer County residents, challenged the levy through a writ of supersede-as for failure to delineate specific dollar amounts for each stated purpose on the levy ballot. After due consideration of this issue, we conclude that the circuit court’s ruling was incorrect.

On August 23, 1994, the Board approved a levy call for continuance of the excess school levy for the…