Sartell v. County of Benton
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of the county board of Benton county denying a petition for the enlargement of district No. 5 of Steams county, Linton L. Sartell, treasurer of that school district, appealed to the district court for Benton county, on the grounds that best interests of the territory affected required that that portion of school district No. 3 of Benton county, situated within the municipal limits of the village of Sartell in Benton county, should be separated from school…
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From an order of the county board of Benton county denying a petition for the enlargement of district No. 5 of Steams county, Linton L. Sartell, treasurer of that school district, appealed to the district court for Benton county, on the grounds that best interests of the territory affected required that that portion of school district No. 3 of Benton county, situated within the municipal limits of the village of Sartell in Benton county, should be separated from school district No. 3 of Benton county and included within the boundaries of school district No. 5; that the part of district No. 3…
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Linton L. Sartell, treasurer of school district No. 5 in Stearns county, appealed to the district court of Benton county from an order of the county board made November 2, 1915, denying a petition for the enlargement of District No. 5 by including therein certain lands in school district No. 3 in Benton county.
The court submitted to a jury the following question which was answered as indicated: “Did the county board act arbitrarily and without due regard for the best interests of the public in refusing to grant the petition of the legal voters of district No. 5? Answer: Yes.”
The defendants…
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