BRANCH v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ROBESON COUNTY

No. 670.

65 S.E.2d 124 (1951)

233 N.C. 623

BRANCH et al. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ROBESON COUNTY et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm McQueen, Fayetteville, Frank McNeill, Frank D. Hackett, Jr., and Hector McLean, all of Lumberton, for plaintiffs, appellants.

McKinnon & McKinnon and McLean & Stacy, all of Lumberton, for defendants, Robeson County; W. D. Reynolds, County Manager of Robeson County; and L. McK. Parker, Tax Collector of Robeson County, appellees.

E. M. Johnson, Lumberton, for defendant Board of Education of Robeson County, appellee.

Ozmer L. Henry, Lumberton, for defendants Board of Trustees of Lumberton City Administrative Unit and Board of Trustees of Red Springs City Administrative Unit, appellees.

F. W. Floyd, Fairmont, for defendant Board of Trustees of Fairmont City Administrative Unit, appellee.


ERVIN, Justice.

Under the statutes regulating the public school system, city administrative units and county administrative units constitute separate and distinct governmental agencies. General Statutes, sections 115-8, 115-11, 115-56, 115-77, 115-83, 115-128, 115-129, 115-352. The county board of education, as the governing board of the county administrative unit, has control of the school funds of the county administrative unit, and the board of trustees, as the...

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