Washington County High School District v. Board of County Commissioners

The Washington county high school district, proceeding under the Declaratory Judgments Act (S. L. 1923, c. 98), brought this suit against the board of county commissioners of Washington county, and others, to have determined the rights, if any, of the county high school district under the Teachers’ Salary Act of 1921 (S. L., c. 214, C. L., § 8446, et seq.), as amended. The plaintiff contends that the Salary Act applies to county high school districts; the defendants contend that it does not.

Section 1 of the Salary Act (C. L. § 8446) provides that the board of directors or board of education…