Sligh v. Bowers
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Newberry, November, 1901. Action for injunction by J. A. Sligh et al., taxpayers of School District No. 19, against Geo. W. Bowers and others, as trustees of such district, and the county board of education for Newberry County.
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Before Gage, J., Newberry, November, 1901. Action for injunction by J. A. Sligh et al., taxpayers of School District No. 19, against Geo. W. Bowers and others, as trustees of such district, and the county board of education for Newberry County. From order granting temporary injunction, defendants appeal. cite: Court of equity cannot grant injunction where there is adequate remedy by statute: 16 Ency., 2 ed., 354; 9 S. C., 308; 9 Rich., 292; 2 Hill, 357; 12 Rich., 44; 51 S. C., 389; 52 S. C., 201; 1 High on In., p. 28, sec. 29. Plaintiffs had adequate remedy by statute: 22 Stat., 161, 164,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for injunction by plaintiffs, as patrons of School District No. 19, of Newberry County, arising out of a contention over the location of the school building in said district. The appeal is from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint which (omitting the formal parts thereof) is as follows:
“5. That said school district was established, surveyed and laid off by metes and bounds in the year 1893, and the school house site for the white children of said district was located and established by the then school…
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