State Ex Rel. Lukens v. Spokane School District No. 81

This appeal presents a controversy between the patrons of the Lincoln grade school in Spokane and the board of directors of school district number 81 which comprises the city of Spokane and contiguous territory. The Lincoln building was erected in 1888, and improved thereafter several times. It was so completely destroyed by fire in 1926 that the district collected $124,000 insurance money. The school directors proceeded to remedy the situation, and for that purpose, upon what appeared to have been a careful investigation and consideration, proposed to erect a new building on a new site some…