Case Name: Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1, Leon County et al., Appellants, v. J. Stewart Lewis, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1912-01
Citations: 63 Fla. 691
Docket Number: 
Parties: Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1, Leon County et al., Appellants, v. J. Stewart Lewis, Appellee.
Judges: Whitfield, C. J. and Taylor, Shackleford, Cockrell and Hocker, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 691–692

Head Matter:
Trustees of Special Tax School District No. 1, Leon County et al., Appellants, v. J. Stewart Lewis, Appellee.
The statutory authority of Trustees of a Special Tax School District with reference to schools in the district is of supervision only, and does not include a right to lease the school property.
Appealed from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
W. H. Mils, for Appellants;
F. T. Meyers, for Appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This appeal is from an order granting a temporary restraining order enjoining the use of the auditorium in a public school building in the Special Tax School District by private parties for entertainments, such as exhibitions of moving pictures, etc., under a contract made with the Trustees of the Special Tax School District.
The title to the land and the building is vested in the board of public instruction of the county, and the statutory authority of the Trustees of the Special Tax School District with reference to schools in the district is not of control, but of supervision only, and does not include a right in the Trustees to make the lease of the school property of the county involved in this controversy. No authority in the Trustees to make the lease is made to appear. See Special Tax School District v. Dade County Board, 61 Fla. 798, 54 South. Rep. 265.
The order appealed from is affirmed.
Whitfield, C. J. and Taylor, Shackleford, Cockrell and Hocker, J. J., concur.