Newton v. School Committee of Charlotte

This was an action to restrain defendant, tbe Board of Scbool Commissioners of tbe City of Charlotte, from tbe selection of a certain scbool site for tbe Graded School District of North Charlotte. There was judgment dissolving restraining order, and plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of tbe district, excepted and appealed, assigning for error, first, that tbe power of supervising tbe action of defendant board and of ultimate decision in tbe premises was vested by law in tbe board of aider-men of tbe city; second, that if vested in defendant board, they bad selected a site so unsuitable and in…