Hicks v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Granmer, J., at October Term, 1921, of WayNe. Controversy submitted without action under O. S., 626, upon the following facts agreed: 1. Pursuant to section 4115 of the Revisal, a petition signed by more than one-fourth of the freeholders within a proposed special school district in "Wayne County, in whose name real estate in such district is listed on the tax lists for the current fiscal year, was duly presented to and endorsed by the county board…
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Appeal by plaintiff from Granmer, J., at October Term, 1921, of WayNe. Controversy submitted without action under O. S., 626, upon the following facts agreed: 1. Pursuant to section 4115 of the Revisal, a petition signed by more than one-fourth of the freeholders within a proposed special school district in "Wayne County, in whose name real estate in such district is listed on the tax lists for the current fiscal year, was duly presented to and endorsed by the county board of education of Wayne County, and the board of county commissioners, after thirty days notice at the courthouse door and…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This is a controversy submitted without action to test the validity of an election proposing to create a standard high school at Pikeville, N. 0., and to maintain efficient elementary schools at other sections in the same district, and to levy a special tax not more than 30 cents on the $100, to supplement the public school fund.
Plaintiffs contend that the election was not held-in accordance with law, but clearly in contravention of two complete statutes relating to special school tax districts, and that the effect of this election, if it were valid, will be to abolish three existing special…
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