Chesney v. Moews

On April 14, 1922, a petition purporting to be signed by no legal voters and residents of certain territory particularly described was filed in the office of the county superintendent of schools of Putnam county. It requested that the county superintendent, pursuant to section 89a of chapter 122 of the Revised Statutes, (Smith’s Stat. 1921, p. 1782,) order an election for the purpose of voting for or against the proposition to establish a community high school within the territory. The election was held and the district declared organized. Subsequently, on October 17, 1922, Samuel Chesney and…