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COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD v. SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.

91 S.E.2d 654 (1956)

197 Va. 845

The COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF ALLEGHANY COUNTY, The Board of Supervisors of Alleghany County, and The County of Alleghany, v. The SCHOOL BOARD OF the CITY OF COVINGTON, The Council of the City of Covington, and The City of Covington.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woods, Rogers, Muse & Walker. Roanoke, Roscoe B. Stephenson, Jr., Covington, Sidney F. Parham, Jr., Roanoke, for appellants.

Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Archibald G. Robertson, Harry Frazier, III, Richmond, Cecil C. Collins, John T. Delaney, Covington, for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

EGGLESTON, Justice.

On December 20, 1952, the Town of Covington in Alleghany county, Virginia, became a city of the second class pursuant to the transition statute. Code, § 15-78 ff. Subsequently a controversy arose as to the ownership of the public school properties which had been fully paid for and are now located within the boundaries of the new city. Appellants filed their bill for a declaratory judgment...

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