School District No. 141 v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one by a school district in Sedgwick county to recover tuition from Kingman county for pupils who resided in Kingman county and attended high school (at Cheney) in Sedgwick county. Plaintiff prevailed and defendant appeals.

Trial was to the court. Material facts agreed to were substantially that Sedgwick county operates under the Barnes law (R. S. 72-3001 to 72-3022, with later amendments); that Cheney is located about a mile from the Sedgwick-Kingman line; is the center of school district No. 141, and maintains a high school,…