Kahil v. Townsend

Appeal by petitioners from an order of the Supreme Court denying a motion to stay a special meeting of a Common School District and denying a review of an administrative act of the Commissioner of Education. On March 11, 1957, pursuant to section 1801 of the Education Law, the commissioner issued an order dissolving Common School District No. 2, Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, and annexing its territory to a Central School District, the order to take effect on June 30, 1957. A petition signed by the requisite number of qualified voters requested a referendum provided for by section 1802 of…