Case Name: Tipton et al. v. Speer et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1955-10-11
Citations: 211 Ga. 886
Docket Number: 19099
Parties: Tipton et al. v. Speer et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 886–888

Head Matter:
19099.
Tipton et al. v. Speer et al.
Argued September 14, 1955
Decided October 11, 1955.
Conger & Conger, for plaintiffs in error.
J. J. Gainey, Titus, Altman & Johnson, contra.

Opinion:
Head, Justice.
The contractual powers of county boards of education under the Constitution of 1945, art. VII, sec. VI, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-5901), and art. VIII, sec. IX, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-7201), are limited by the provisions of art. VIII, sec. V, par. I (Code, Ann., § 2-6801), of the same Constitution, which provides in part: "Each county, exclusive of any independent school system now in existence in a cfmnty, shall compose one school district and shall be confined to the control and management of a County Board of Education." The contract before the court in the present case clearly provides that "All matters concerning said joint high school program shall be subject to the approval of both" the county board of education and the board of education of the independent school district. The control and management of the proposed new high school would not be confined to the county board of education, and the contract is therefore unauthorized and void.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.