Conecuh County Board of Education v. Campbell

LAWSON, Justice.

C. C. Campbell and sixteen other residents of Conecuh County, Alabama, who live within five miles of the boundary line between Conecuh County and Butler County in the vicinity of McKenzie, Alabama, which is in Butler County, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Butler County against the Butler County Board of Education and the individuals who compose that Board and the Superintendent of Education of Butler County, H. L. Terrell.

The petition alleged as follows:

“1. Your Petitioners are all white residents of Conecuh County, Alabama,, and each lives within five miles of the…