Cashen v. Board of Education

This is a suit in equity brought by plaintiffs, as taxpayers and electors of Pawnee Community Unit School District No. 11 in Sangamon, Christian and Montgomery counties, Illinois, in which it is sought to enjoin the defendants, individually and as members of the Board of Education of said District, from taking any action pursuant to authority received as a result of a special election held in said District on May 16, 1953.

This election was called by the Board of Education of said District under the provisions of article 5A of the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stats. 1951, chap.. 122, Par. 5A — 1 et…