Trustees of Walton School v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Covington county. Hon. D. M. Russell, Chancellor^ Bill .by Trustees of Walton School and others against the Board of Supervisors of Covington County and others. Bill dismissed and petitioners appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Covington county. Hon. D. M. Russell, Chancellor^ Bill .by Trustees of Walton School and others against the Board of Supervisors of Covington County and others. Bill dismissed and petitioners appeal. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. To begin with, the writer begs the indulgence of the court to say, that this case has been hotly contested by both sides, and practically involves every legal point of our new modern school laws. Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1910, is “an act to provide for the transportation of pupils when schools are…
1Opinion of the CourtEtheridge, J.
The county school board of Covington county on petition of the qualified electors of the Sanford consolidated school district established a consolidated school known as the Sanford Consolidated School in said county; and there was a petition filed with the board of supervisors signed by a majority of the. qualified electors of said district praying for the issuance of fifteen thousand ■dollars ■ of bonds of the said school district to build and equip a school building for said district, and at the June meeting, 1916, the board of supervisors gave notice of its intention to issue the bonds as…
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