Townsend v. Ray

By the bill the complainants ask that the defendants be enjoined from acting as School Commissioners of Deca tur County upon the theory that the legislative acts under which they are functioning are invalid. The defendants demurred to the hill upon the ground that said acts are constitutional. The chancellor overruled the demurrer but granted defendants an appeal to this court.

By Chapter 181, Private Acts 1939, the Legislature abolished the County Board of Education of Decatur County. That Board consisted of seven members who were elected by the Quarterly County Court .from the county at…