Brelsford v. Community High School District No. 36

An election was held in Community High School District No. 36 of Pulaski county on January 22, 1927, upon propositions to purchase a school house site, to authorize the board of education to build gymnasiums upon two sites, and to issue $39,000 of bonds for the purpose of constructing the two gymnasiums. M. D. Brelsford and others filed a petition to contest the election. The court sustained a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that it was not filed within thirty days from the date of the election, and the petitioners appealed.

The facts are not in dispute. On Saturday afternoon,…