Creation of board; general corporate powers.
Memphis Charter, art. 81, § 936
in effectSec. 936. - Creation of board; general corporate powers.
Said board are [is] hereby created and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools, the life and existence of which corporation shall be perpetual and permanent, and by the name and style aforesaid, may purchase, receive, hold and possess property of any kind for the use of said City schools; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all courts of record and courts of inferior jurisdiction. And said board shall have power to make, have and use a common seal, the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure, and generally to do and execute all acts, matters and things which a corporation or body politic in law may and can lawfully do and execute.
(Priv. Acts 868-69, ch. 30, § 1; Priv. Acts 1959, ch. 24, § 2)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART81CHBOEDMESC_DIVIINGE_S936CRBOGECOPOFetched: 10/28/2026