Board of Public Education v. Felder

This was a petition by Felder and others, suing as citizens and taxpayers of the City of Americus, seeking to enjoin the Board of Public Education of thatvcity, “ a body politic and corporate under and by virtue of the laws of Georgia, the design of which is to manage and superintend the public education of the children of Americus,” from enforcing a resolution passed by the defendant, the effect of which was to deny admission to the public schools to the children of all parents who, if subject to poll tax, had not paid same up to and including the year next preceding that during which the…