160 Ga. 268 | Ga. | 1925
None of the headnotes require elaboration, except the third. By the educational scheme of the constitution of 1877, as originally adopted, the legislature was required to establish “a thorough system of common schools for the education of children in the elementary branches of an English education only, . . the expenses of which shall be provided for by taxation, or
So we are of the opinion that the county board of education of Carroll County was authorized to establish this high school in the Villa Eica school district, when it was “possible through local taxation funds;” and that it could use the funds, derived from the State and county taxation and district taxation, applicable to such district, in defraying the expenses of maintaining this high school, provided this board had first provided for the education of the children in this district in the branches of education other than those taught in such high school. See Callihan v. Reid, 149 Ga. 704 (101 S. E. 914).
Applying the principles enunciated in the headnotes, the trial judge did not err in refusing to grant an interlocutory injunction.
Judgment affirmed.