Legal Opinion

Donough v. Dewey

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 10, 1890PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Certiorari to board of school inspectors to review proceedings altering the boundaries of a school-district. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, C. J.

This is a common-law certiorari.

The plaintiffs, ten in numbei’, are tax-payers residing in school-districts 1 and 7, in the township of Penn, in the county of Cass. The defendants constitute the board of school inspectors of the township.

November 13, 1889, school-district No. 4 was situated in the south-east portion of the township of Penn, and comprised five whole sections, four half sections, and one quarter section. School-districts 1 and 7 are contiguous to district No. 4. In November, 1889, the board of school inspectors took steps to enlarge school-district No. 4 by detaching territory…

2Cited by9 opinions

  1. Speer v. Board of County Com'rsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
  2. Ashley v. Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1893
  3. Clapp v. Otoe CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  4. Nagel v. BosworthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1912
  5. Douglas County v. SommerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904

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