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Turk v. County Board of Education

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 18, 1930No. 1 Div. 622PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.

Plaintiff, a minor and public school pupil, seeks damages from the county board of education of Monroe county, for personal injuries received as a consequence of the alleged negligent conduct of the school bus driver while plaintiff was upon the school grounds.

We are of the opinion the demurrer to the complaint was properly sustained.

The county board of education has been designated as a quasi corporation, an .independent agency of the state for the purposes enumerated in the statute. Greeson Mfg. Co. v. County Board of Education, 217 Ala. 565, 117 So. 163; Kimmons v. Jefferson County Board…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Herman v. . Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
  2. Freel v. School City of CrawfordsvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Kimmons v. Jefferson County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  4. White v. Alabama Insane HospitalSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  5. Stovall v. Toppenish School District No. 49Washington Supreme Court · 1920

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Sims v. Etowah County Bd. of Ed.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  2. Hutt v. Etowah County Bd. of Educ.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  3. Hawkins v. State Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  4. Harman v. Alabama CollegeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  5. State Ex Rel. McQueen v. BrandonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943

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