◆ SpookStack

} ” In August, 1959, a hearing was held in Grundy County to . Gecide whether the school, then known as the Highlander Folk School at Monteagle, Tennessee, should have its tax exemption charter revoked and the school padiocked as a public nuisance. > Co The Chattanooga News-Free Press, a daily publication, — Chattanooga, Tennessee, reported in issue November 3, 1959, that efforts to obtain a permanent padlock injunction against the school had been dropped and efforts would be made to seek revocation of the school’s charter. This same paper in issue February 16, 1960, reported that the Circuit Court in Grundy County revoked the General Welfare Charter of the school and would appoint a receiver for the school. The ruling was subsequently appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which upheld the revocation of the charter. Subsequently, the school appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which denied a hearing. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - 2% -