State ex rel. Coatsworth v. Olson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Gregory County. Hon. R. B. Teipp, Judge. Certiorari by the State, on the relation of Robert Coatsworth, against T. B. Olson and others, to review action of county commissioners and county superintendent in dividing a school district and creating a new,one on different lines than those prayed for in the petition.
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Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Gregory County. Hon. R. B. Teipp, Judge. Certiorari by the State, on the relation of Robert Coatsworth, against T. B. Olson and others, to review action of county commissioners and county superintendent in dividing a school district and creating a new,one on different lines than those prayed for in the petition. From a decree in favor of relator, defendants ' appeal. ' Jones school district is a regular organized school district within Gregory county, South Dakota, and its limits comprise one congressional -township. On September 7, 1910, there' was filed with the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
Certiorari from the circuit court of Gregory county to review the action of the 'board of county commissioners and county superintendent in dividing Jones school district and creating a new district on lines different from those asked for in the petition. The circuit court set aside and annulled the proceedings of the special board, and defendant appeals.
The question decisive of the appeal is whether boards of county commissioners and county superintendents have authority, under the provisions of section 73, c. 135, Laws 1907, to' create a new school district by the division of an existing…
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