Evans v. Newton

Almand, Justice.

Counsel for the plaintiffs in error (the Negro intervenors) assert that the decree of the judge of the superior court was “patent enforcement of racial discrimination contrary to the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” to the Federal Constitution. The decree did not enforce, or purport to enforce, any judgment, ruling, or decree as related to the intervenors. After determining that all parties were properly before the court, the decree did two things: (1) Accepted the resignation of the City of Macon as trustee of Baconsfield; and (2) appointed new trustees.

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