Finney v. Garner

This is a bill filed by complainants, residents of school district No. 9 of Franklin county, Tenn., and patrons of the public school of that district, to recover for themselves and other patrons of said school and for the district $500 belonging to the school fund of that district, alleged to have been misappropriated or lost by the several defendants who occupied different relations to such fund.

The facts, as reported by the court of chancery appeals, are that Rose, Henley, and Pattin were the directors of the public school of the Ninth school district of Franklin county. Rose and Henley,…