Court Opinion

ID: 9552748
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:15:56.966099+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:28:49.255596
License: Public Domain

On Petitions eor Rehearing
BELT, J.
 Both parties in this cause, which involved the right of ownership and possession of a school bus, have petitioned for a rehearing. The appellants assert that the decision of this court has put such a restriction on a school district from selling or disposing of its property, if a petition for consolidation has been filed, that it will be unable to function. We think the opinion is not reasonably susceptible to such an interpretation. We stated: “The mere filing of a petition for consolidation would not preclude a district school *327board when duly authorized from selling or otherwise disposing of property of the district in order properly to function. ” We adhere to our conclusion that the officers of School District No. 1 were undertaking, in circumvention of the statute (§ 111-836, O. C. L. A., as amended) to liquidate the indebtedness of the District pending consolidation proceedings. This it had no right to do.
Respondent-cross appellant urges that the court erred in not awarding damages to it for the wrongful detention of the bus pending the appeal to this .court. We are asked to enter judgment against the defendants and their sureties on the supersedeas bond for the damages sustained. We have no authority to do this in this kind of proceeding. It is not an appeal from a money judgment. Authorities cited by cross appellant involve independent actions on the supersedeas bond itself and are not in point. This cause was tried in equity. We approved the finding of the circuit court that no damages for wrongful detention of the bus should be awarded, and we adhere to that conclusion.
The petitions for rehearing will be denied.