Legal Opinion
Stokes v. New Mexico State Board of Education
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided April 14, 1951No. 5343PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMPTON, Justice.
The basic question is whether elections are required on the proposition of consolidating school districts:
The State Board of Education entered an ■order consolidating rural district No. 10 •with Portales, a municipal district. Appellants, F. H. Stokes and J. S. Riley, patrons ■of the rural district, challenge the action ■of the board on the grounds, (a) that no election had been held in the districts approving the question of consolidation, (b) that substantial economies had not been affected and (c), that standards of education had not been improved by reason of the…
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