Vaughan v. Cates ex rel. Cates

STURGIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order in chancery denying the defendant-appellant’s motion for a summary decree and transferring the cause to the law side of the court for trial by jury on “the question of damages.”

Plaintiff-appellees were members of the senior class of the Crestview High School. On June 1, 1961, they brought suit in equity against the defendant-appellant, who was principal of the school, to enjoin him from interfering with their graduation and to recover “any and all compensatory and punitive damages” as they might be equitably entitled to recover under the…