Commercial State Bank v. School District No. 3

(after stating the facts). The two contentions of plaintiff’s counsel which we shall consider are these: (1) That the district board was authorized by section 5676, 2 Comp. Laws 1915, then in force to make the repairs on the schoolhouse and to borrow money in anticipation of the tax; and (2) that the district ratified the action of the board. Defendant’s contention is that the board under the guise of repairing the schoolhouse practically built a new schoolhouse and that ratification of the action of the board was not efficient because no notice was given in the notice of the annual meeting…