# Board of Public Instruction, Bay County v. Barefoot

> Supreme Court of Florida · November 3, 1939 · 141 Fla. 522

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3378959

## Case

- **Full name:** Board of Public Instruction, Bay County v. W. J. Barefoot.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** November 3, 1939
- **Citations:** 141 Fla. 522; 193 So. 823; 1939 Fla. LEXIS 1349
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Brown
- **Judges:** Whitfield, Brown, Chapman, Terrell, Buford, Thomas, Compiled, Laws, Rules, Ci-Iapman
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Brown, J.
(concurring specially).' — We held in the Cooney case, cited in the above opinion, that the plaintiff could recover on the common counts for money borrowed for an
authorized purpose
— the maintenance of the schools— although previous loans had not been paid, — on the ground that there was no express
prohibition.
But is the incurment of a contingent obligation to pay attorney’s fees
an authorized
school maintenance purpose which the board has authority to incur debt for? I think not. Otherwise, I concur in the foregoing opinion.

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