Nohl v. Board of Education

Citations

• 27 N.M. 232
• 199 P. 373

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. A court of equity will not sit in review of the proceedings of subordinate, political, or municipal tribunals; and, where matters are left to the discretion of such bodies, the exercise of that discretion, in good faith, is conclusive, and will not, in the absence of fraud, be disturbed. P. 235</p> <p>2.' Boards of education of municipal school districts (section 8, c. 105, Laws 1917) are given authority to defray “all other expenses connected with the proper conduct of the public schools in their respective districts.” Held, in a suit to enjoin the expenditure of school funds for the purpose of carrying group-insurance for teachers and employees, where the pleadings admit that by carrying such group insurance the school board is enabled to procure better teachers and to retain such teachers in its employ^by so. doing at a much less expense than would be necessary except upon the payment of much larger salaries, such an expenditure is connected with the proper conduct of the public schools, and within the discretion intrusted to the board of education. P. 236</p>