Rural Single School Districts Nos. 2, 3 & 4 v. Lake City Special School District
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court, Jonesboro District; R. E. Dudley, Judge; The act and district are void because of the uncertainty of the description of the boundary line. 105 Ark. 392; 122 Id. 191; 130 Id. 70. The Legislature has no power to change the boundaries of school districts, and the act is void. Appellant's have failed to abstract the evidence, *and the judgment should be affirmed. 131 Ark. 362.
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Lake City Special School District of Craighead County, Arkansas, was organized by Special Act No. 672, Acts of the General Assembly of 1919. The act incorporated territory in the district theretofore embraced in Common School District No. 2, Rural Single School District No. 3 and Rural Single School District No. 4, in said county and State. It was provided by section 8 of the act that “the county judge of Craighead County, Arkansas, is hereby authorized and directed to change the records, at the next term of this court, after the passage of this act, establishing the boundaries of said…
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