Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Hancock County Board of Education
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 5, 1941No. 28229PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
The sole, question is: Did a mandatory duty rest upon the county hoard, the respondent below, to grant the petition to transfer territory from the rural school district to a contiguous school district?
Section 4696, General Code, provides in substance that a county hoard of education may make such a transfer of territory upon- the petition of a majority of the resident electors and shall malee the transfer upon the petition of 75 per cent of the resident electors. “Shall” as previously construed imposed a mandatory duty without qualification. State, ex rel. Brenner, v. County Board of Edn. of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. WomackWashington Supreme Court · 1892
- Trumbull County Board of Education v. State Ex Rel. Van WyeOhio Supreme Court · 1930
- State Ex Rel. Darby v. HadawayOhio Supreme Court · 1925
- Wood v. CutterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- State, Ex Rel. v. Bd. of Edn.Ohio Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State ex rel. Hura v. Board of EducationOhio Supreme Court · 1977
- Handley v. CokerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- City of Englewood v. Montgomery County Budget CommissionOhio Court of Appeals · 1987
- Heid v. HartlineOhio Court of Appeals · 1946
- Fisher v. MayfieldOhio Supreme Court · 1987
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