Board Pub. Inst. Lafayette Co. v. Am. Seating Co., (1930)
Court: Supreme Court of Florida
Number:
Visitors: 12
Judges: PER CURIAM. —
Attorneys: Padgett McDonald, for Plaintiff in Error;
Davis Pepper, for Defendant in Error.
Filed: Aug. 05, 1930
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: Judgment was rendered herein against the Board of Public Instruction for Lafayette County upon a promissory note purporting to have been executed by such board. Even if the note legally evidences an indebtedness of the County Board of Public Instruction, there is no showing that the indebtedness was duly incurred solely for *Page 617 the support and maintenance of public free schools as required by the Constitution. Reversed. TERRELL, C. J., AND WHITFIELD, STRUM AND BUFORD, J. J., concur.
Judgment was rendered herein against the Board of Public Instruction for Lafayette County upon a promissory note purporting to have been executed by such board. Even if the note legally evidences an indebtedness of the County Board of Public Instruction, there is no showing that the indebtedness was duly incurred solely for
the support and maintenance of public free schools as required by the Constitution.
Reversed.
TERRELL, C. J., AND WHITFIELD, STRUM AND BUFORD, J. J., concur.
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