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CHARTER VOID (Centianed From Page 3), persons and states of fact, and unconsiitutinonal as fo others.” fudge Opatiin then roled: “The court is of the opinion that the segregation laws of the! siate es applied to private. are consUtudional and! walla...” . BIES SALE The court found that Aigh- fander Folk School violated the criminal Ipwa ef the state by! permitting the mile af beer on school property. 6° . Judge Chattin ruled: HIGHLANDER | “The eourt is of further opin: |; fon that the defendants having violated WROTE ALL ORKGHS — The poegidert, ves Barina, hantied Unt jmmiek ce aren I fendunt. Me wrete a! the | checks, or designated sémeone when bd was away, te'write the checks. He had used the defend- hold servanta. " “He reared o family on the defendant's property and all the expense of taking care of bim- self and famly through 25 years were pald out of defendant's funda... .2 vs . “Horton testified thet during the first whine "s poe enol be put every in Ing of the school with the idea of getting ft out of the schoo! a a later @ute. Horton -teatified that for the past few years he thas been receiving a salary of Bome $9,000 annually, However, e erimina] laws of|(he was uneble to preduce any the xtate im that it haa per-'' record of directors, of executive mitted the sale of beer to be |council, having fixed bis salary. carne? out upon its property |The inference is that Be fined withoart a permit. or Ncense, aod his own ealery. permuiung integration in it8 | “These isn't sny proof that schoo! works a forfeiture of ita!) 4, governing officers pf the charter, the defendant having |defendant schoo] have ever pro- accepted iu charter tte ao ‘tested any of the acts of Horton cond uch at ‘a violation of, . ratio; any of the provisiona of this /!in the illegal epe m ot the charter aball gubyect the cor-| "OT. cparter of tha defendant poration inte Frodaeeie at the provides: ‘The general welfare Jucge Chattin also noted in Of society, not individual profit, hia opinion: ja the objective for which tals he court is of the further Charter is granted, and the opin':r that im the view of the members are not stockholders findicgy of the jury to the ef- in the legal sense of the term, fect that Myles Horten. presi- ant no dividerds or proflis ahall dent of the defendant enrpora- be divided amar he Fudge tion, has been operating thie Chattin's op stat scivc! for his own persona! | Tae Juige, Hae pestdes at : Winchester, gate tim defendant tin ie euch @& misuse of de- 4 fae: ti charter ag worn faz 8 Crys in which to appeal feiture of same.” Opens ."Toe preterderance of the pee tart Uke wt et that Myles fersinnt, Hagpaiaader Folk iBcio! Test be handies ell the jUewe, of lia #cuoul That al- jtkeass Mig Bay Juctu wee Me giccdter gt treasurer of ie ect, ane did not write the ahecks or bandie the O- recece: of the school Mr, Horton could mat be reached by telephone. Dist Atty. Gen A. F, @loan,. South Pittsburg, Term, is aut: “Judge Ohsttin’s opinion ts very thorough and well -rea- soned and shows that he has fully given regard te the theorfes 2nd insistances ef both the relator (the state) and the defendant (Highlander Folk School). FEEL RULING To STAND " “We feel assured that in event recourse to the appellate courte ts had, Judge Chattin's decision wil! be sustained on all decisive Points.” Atty. Kelly _ The Adtociated Prem in Nashville reported that-Atty. | Branstetter, attoroey for High- lander Folk Scuool, made this comment: * o>" So ; “The decision was not alto- peether unexpected since in ques iWoning all the jurors and peo- ple in the community, as the record shows, they al) eaid thet they did not believe in and many said it was against thelr religion for whiter and Nerrnas se ae - to alt in the mame classroom. “Any other comment might be Improper since the matter is stil pending before @ Guly can- stituted cour " the WNazhville