Charleston School District No. 9 v. Sebastian County Board of Education

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

These consolidated cases involve a territorial dispute between the Lavaca and Charleston School Districts. The circuit court declined to decide the issues joined by the pleadings and, instead, ordered that the case be decided by a special election. We reverse and remand.

We recite only those facts which are necessary for an understanding of this opinion. In 1929, the Sebastian County Board of Education ordered that Mays Chapel School District No. 20 and Ursula School District No. 31, which together comprise the disputed 3,886 acres, be consolidated with the Lavaca…