Hotchkiss v. Union High School District No. 2

This is a taxpayer’s suit brought to enjoin the District School Board of Union High School District No. 2, Harney County, Oregon, from selling an issue of bonds and spending any funds of the district for the acquisition of a new high school site or for the erection of a school building thereon.

The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the complaint and, the plaintiffs declining to amend, a decree of dismissal was entered from which this appeal was taken.

The sole question for decision is whether, after legal authorization of a bond issue for that purpose, the district school board of a union…