Chase v. Stephenson

This was a bill in chancery, filed by appellees against appellants, in the circuit court of McLean countv.

The cause was heard upon bill, answer and exhibits, and a decree rendered that appellants, directors of a certain school district, be perpetually enjoined from occupying or using the building named in the bill for the purpose of carrying on a school for colored children, exclusively, at the expense of the district.

The bill was originally filed for the purpose of restraining appellants from erecting a school house, twelve feet wide and fourteen feet long, for the exclusive purpose of…